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500 Sika Convex - Wrestler
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse description | The quartered shield of the Ghanaian Coat of Arms occupies the central field, depicting a crossed sword and staff in the upper left quarter, a fortified castle above waves in the upper right quarter, a cacao tree in the lower left quarter, and a gold mine headframe in the lower right quarter, with a lion passant across the fess point. The date '2003' is divided to the left and right of the shield, with '20' at the nine o'clock position and '03' at the three o'clock position. The legend 'GHANA' arcs along the upper periphery in large raised lettering, while the denomination '500 SIKA' appears in bold raised letters along the lower periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | OLYMPICS 2004 ATHENS |
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Ghana's "Sika" series from the early 2000s was part of a broader wave of novelty collector issues produced across sub-Saharan Africa, typically contracted through European minting intermediaries targeting the international numismatic market rather than domestic circulation. The convex planchet on this piece is a production feature shared with several contemporaneous issues from the same commercial program, achieved by pressing a standard planchet against a curved die pair.
The wrestling subject draws on traditional Ghanaian folk sport, though the choice was almost certainly driven by the issuing agent's market research rather than any state cultural mandate.