{"id":1058,"date":"2022-12-06T23:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T23:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2022-12-06T23:18:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T23:18:00","slug":"bank-of-ghana-upgrades-one-ghana-cedi-coin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=1058","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Ghana upgrades one Ghana cedi coin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bank of Ghana upgrades one Ghana cedi coin\" class=\" bd-imagestyles-16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphic.com.gh\/images\/2022\/dec\/06\/coin.jpg\" style=\"background-color: white; border-radius: 0px; border: 0px solid rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; height: 646.406px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; width: 603.5px;\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &quot;Roboto Condensed&quot;, Arial, &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.7143px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 20px;\">The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has upgraded the GH\u00a21 coin with enhanced security features.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">The upgraded GH\u00a21 coin will be issued into circulation from Monday, December 12, 2022, a statement from the Bank of Ghana, dated December 6, 2022 has said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">The coin is similar to the existing GH\u00a21 coin in shape, form and images; the Coat of Arms in front and the Scale of Justice at the back, the BoG stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">The upgraded GH\u00a21 coin is bi-metallic with an outer gold and inner silver.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">The coin has a pronounced rough edge and incorporates a latent image, which appears in a rectangular form below the Scale of Justice at the back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">The latent image changes from a radiating star to a One Ghana cedi symbol sandwiched between two stars when tilted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">The existing and the upgraded GH\u00a21 coins will co-circulate until the existing coin is gradually withdrawn, the central bank said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">&#8220;The Bank encourages the public to accept the coins and use them,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">Source: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.graphic.com.gh\/\">www.graphic.com.gh<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has upgraded the GH\u00a21 coin with enhanced security features. 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