Ghana - 20 Cedis 1995 Cowrie Shell

Moneta — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 16:59:39 -0800

by: Moneta

Description: The still remember, not that long ago, when cowries were used as small change around large areas of Africa and elsewhere.

Ghana 10 Shillings - 1958

Moneta — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 09:57:15 -0800

by: Moneta

Description: Previous coins issued for the area, when it was known as the Gold Coast, were issued as a British colony (all dated 1796, 1818). The state of Ghana, consisting of the Gold Coast and Togoland were the first African areas to become independent, March 6, 1957. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, commemorated here, and on most coins of Ghana, was instrumental in the independence movement and their first president. He advocated for a United Africa. The decimal coinage now used is based on the "cedi", a unit based on cowrie shells, which were traded along the coast well into modern times. Eleven thousand of these ten Shilling pieces were struck, in a one year issue, in 1958.

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Ghana - 20 Cedis 1995 Cowrie Shell

Ghana 10 Shillings - 1958