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500 Sika Convex - Quadriga
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse lettering | GHANA 2001 500 SIKA |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ghana's "Sika" series occupied an odd position in the country's numismatic output — struck primarily for the collector market rather than circulation, with limited domestic distribution. The quadriga motif on this issue draws on classical antiquity rather than Ghanaian iconography, a deliberate internationalist appeal that was common among African nations targeting European collector demographics in the early 2000s.
The convex planchet format was a novelty technique gaining traction among world mint clients at the turn of the millennium, pioneered largely by German minting contractors.