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100 Cedis Commonwealth Games
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 1986 |
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| Value | 100 Cedis (100 GHC) |
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| Obverse description | Two traditional Ghanaian fontomfrom drums depicted crossed at their bases in the centre of the field, rendered in high relief with detailed engraving of the drum bodies and curved supports. The circumferential legend reads 'GHANA' at the top and 'FREEDOM AND JUSTICE' along the lower periphery, all in raised Latin capitals separated by the drum motif. The design is framed by a raised rim with a reeded edge. |
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| Obverse lettering | GHANA FREEDOM AND JUSTICE |
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Ghana hosted no part of the 1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games, so this issue is purely commemorative in the political sense — a revenue-generating piece sold to collectors abroad rather than a coin with any meaningful domestic circulation story. The Bank of Ghana issued several such .500 silver pieces during the 1980s as hard currency was scarce and foreign exchange from numismatic sales carried real economic value for a country still managing the aftermath of Jerry Rawlings's 1981 coup and the economic restructuring that followed under the PNDC.
The .500 fineness places it among the lower-silver Commonwealth commemoratives of the period, a deliberate production economy shared across dozens of similar issues from smaller nations in the Edinburgh series.