500 CEDIS FROM GHANA

Here is a colourful note from Ghana. Its the 500 cedis issued in 1986. It has the coat of arms (or fist) on the front and has Cacao trees, pods annd a Ghanaian minor on the reverse.

the words "gye Nyame" on the front of the note is the name of the Akan god although most Akans identify with being christian .

Before independence Ghana was called the "Gold coast". On 6 March 1957 at 12 midnight, the Gold Coast, Ashanti, the Northern Territories and British Togoland were unified as one single independent dominion within the British Commonwealth under the name Ghana.

more notes HERE

 

BANK OF GHANA CEDI

This note is a 200 Cedi note from Ghana.the front has a picture of an old man and the red star and fist with the motto "Honour and Truth" . The reverse has a classroom scene . the note is from 1991 and has a security devise which is a UV reactive "200" over the man's right shoulder.

more from Ghana HERE, HERE and HERE

DONATED NOTES

All the notes in this post were given to me by one of my colleagues who I met while counting the postal ballots at the "brexit" referendum. Mary does a lot of travelling and had a few notes hanging about which she passed on to me. Thank you . Good luck on your travels.

The first two notes are from the African Continent .The first one is the 1000 shillings from Uganda and dated as 2015.The reverse of the note, as well as some antelope it also has the outline of the country's borders with a line where the equator travels across the country. The second, slightly older note is from 2013 and comes from Ghana. The 5 Cedis note has the big six and independence arch on the front and on the reverse is the university of Ghana and the Balme library

see more Ugandan notes HERE and Ghana notes HERE, HERE and HERE

These next two notes, from the Asian continent, are from Malaysia and Sri Lanka respectively.
The first is the 1 Ringgit and although it has no date on it it has to be after 2012 and has T A Rahman on the front with a Malaysian moon kite on the reverse.
the second note is a 10 rupee from Sri Lanka with the lion on the front and the stork and government secritariat building as well as flowers at the bottom.

see more notes from Malaysia HERE and more  from Sri Lanka HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE

This next note is from the UAE and is the 10 Diram note from 2007 sporting the Khanjar , the ceremonial dagger of the region. on the front  and a farm with a bird of prey on the lower left.

More UAE notes HERE

The final note is the Polish 20 Zlotych note from 1994 with Boleslaw I , the first king of Poland with one of his silver Denar coins on the reverse.

More Polish Notes HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE

REVALUED CEDI FROM GHANA

I have a new  batch of notes in so we will start with this one from Ghana. The note here is a 1 Cedi note from 2013 with independence arch and the " big six" on the front and the Akosombo dam on  the reverse.

Find more notes from Ghana HERE and HERE

GHANA 2

This is the 10 Cedis note from Ghana with a man smoking a pipe on the front - he looks more european than african !! and the Akasomba dam on lake Volta on the reverse Lake Volta is the biggest resevoir in the world.

More Ghanaian notes HERE

GHANA

The Republic of Ghana is a member of the British Commonwealth and is on the west coast of Africa between Togo and The Ivory Coast. Its capital is Accra. Ghana came about from a merger of the British Gold Coast and the territory of Togoland. it has the distinction of being the first Sub-saharan African country to gain independence, which it gained in 1957.

Monetary unit: 1 Cedi = 100 Pesewas

Ghana's monetary unit - Cedi is derived from the word "sedie" meaning "Cowrie" ( a monetary system used by tribal peoples using shells)

The note here is the 2003 , 1000 Cedi note which has jewels on the front and men harvesting cocoa pods on the reverse.