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5 Pounds 1962, Ghana

in Krause book Number: 3d
Years of issue: 01.07.1962
Edition:
Signatures: Director: Mr. C. E. Osei , Governor Mr. Hubert Kessels
Serie: 1958 Issue
Specimen of: 01.07.1958
Material: Cotton fiber
Size (mm): 172 х 98
Printer: TDLR (Thomas de la Rue & Company), London

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5 Pounds 1962

Description

Watermark:

watermark

Inscription GHANA, on the background the star.

Avers:

5 Pounds 1962

Bank of Ghana Bank of Ghana Bank of Ghana

Centered is the building of the central bank on High Street, in the capital of Ghana, Accra.

The Bank of Ghana is the central bank of Ghana. It is located in Accra and was formed in 1957. A new and modern five-storey building had been put up on the High Street, adjacent to the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to house both the Bank of Ghana and the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB).

Lower right is the emblem of the Bank of Ghana.

Denominations in numerals are in top corners, in words lower, centered.

Revers:

5 Pounds 1962

2 bulk carriers (cargo ships) are in the harbor of the port of Accra (capital of Ghana).

Foreground are tree trunks (logs) in the water. The basis of forestry is the export of valuable species of wood - vava, mahogany, odum, sapele and salvage.

Denomination in numeral is in lower right corner.

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