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Ghanaian pound

Dates in use
Introduction and ending not established
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Sterling

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Ghanaian pound: documented and qualified family connections PARENTS THIS CURRENCY CHILDREN West African Currency Board poundWest African Currency Boardpound 1958 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1958 Ghanaian cedisGhanaian cedis 1965 · Documented1965 cedi units per Ghanaian pound; not1967 or 2007 cedi units.Documented connection · 1965 · 1965 cedi units per Ghanaian pound; not 1967 or 2007 cedi units. Ghanaian poundGhanaian pound Currency history

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Ghanaian pound

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Roman as–denarius accounting

Earlier as reckoning; denarius introduced c. 211 BC; accounts continue into late antiquity

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The story

1965 Act substitutes cedi principalunit and converts all poundreferences in enactments and written/oral obligations at £1=2.40cedis. [1]

Turning points

First national issue

Bank of Ghana first issued national pounds, shillings and pence on July 14, 1958, taking over from WACB. [2]

Sources and evidence

  1. Republic of Ghana · Bank of Ghana (Amendment) Act 1965, Act282,9April 1965
  2. Bank of Ghana, Statistics and Reports Office, Issue Department · Evolution of Currency in Ghana

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“Ghanaian pound.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000641.html

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