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5 Cedis
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 1973-1978 |
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| Value | 5 Cedis (5 GHC) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of a smiling woman in three-quarter front-facing bust at right, wearing a wide-brimmed woven straw hat and traditional patterned dress, set against a fine guilloche underprint in salmon and blue tones. A large five-pointed star vignette inscribed "BANK OF GHANA" appears at centre-left, flanked by the numeral "5" at upper right and lower left. The date and Governor's signature appear below centre, with the legal tender clause printed in letterpress across the upper centre field. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of the Larabanga Mosque, rendered in fine engraved detail with its characteristic conical mud-brick minarets, a large baobab tree to the left, and small figures with livestock in the foreground. An oval guilloche panel bearing the numeral "5" appears at upper right, with decorative rosette and star ornaments at lower centre and lower right. Geometric and kente-inspired multicolour underprint borders frame the composition on both sides. |
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| Protection description | Eagle head and star |
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