Ghana's 1986 Commonwealth Games issue commemorates the Edinburgh games, where the political atmosphere was as charged as the athletics. Thirty-two African and Caribbean nations had boycotted the 1986 games over Margaret Thatcher's refusal to impose economic sanctions on apartheid South Africa — a walkout that left the event significantly diminished. Ghana was among the boycotting nations.
The coin exists despite Ghana's absence from Edinburgh.
Ghana's 1986 Commonwealth Games issue commemorates the Edinburgh games, where the political atmosphere was as charged as the athletics. Thirty-two African and Caribbean nations had boycotted the 1986 games over Margaret Thatcher's refusal to impose economic sanctions on apartheid South Africa — a walkout that left the event significantly diminished. Ghana was among the boycotting nations.
The coin exists despite Ghana's absence from Edinburgh.