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Ghana banknotes
Ghana paper money catalog and Ghanese currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • British currency, till 1913
  • British West Africa Pound = 20 Shillings = 240 Pence, 1913-65
  • Ghana Pound = (British West Africa Pound) =20 Shillings = 240 Pence, 1958-1965
  • Cedi = (1/2 Ghana Pound) = 100 Pesewas, 1965-1967
  • Cedi = (1.20 old Cedi) = 100 Pesewas, from 1967

• For earlier issues see:
  • British West Africa

• To purchase Ghanese banknotes, please check our inventory :
  World banknotes countries A-Z

Pick #	Date
		Republic (British Colony till 1958; British West Africa)
1-4	1958-63	10 shillings, 1, 5 pounds; 1.000 pounds(for inter-bank transactions only)
5-9A	(1965)	1, 5, 10, 50, 100 cedis; 1.000 cedis(for inter-bank transactions only)
10-12	1967-71	1, 5, 10, cedis
13-16	1972-78	1, 2, 5, 10 cedis
17-22	1979-82	1, 5, 10, 20, 50 cedis
23-27	1983-93	10, 50, 100, 200 cedis
28-31	1986-96	500, 1.000, 2.00, 5.000 cedis
32-36	1966-2003	1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000 cedis
37-42	2007-	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 50 cedis
43	2017	5 cedis; commemorative "60 years of Central Bank 1957-2017
44	2017	5 cedis
45-	2019	1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 cedis

		Collector Series
CS1	1976-7	1, 2, 5, 10 cedis; specimen (Franklin Mint)