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The first cedi was replaced in 1967 by a "new cedi" which was worth 1.2 first cedis. This allowed a decimal conversion with the pound, namely 2 second cedis = 1 pound. The change also provided an opportunity to remove Kwame Nkrumah's image from coins and notes.
The pound was the currency of Ghana between 1958 and 1965. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. Until 1958, Ghana used the British West African pound, after which it issued its own currency. In 1965, Ghana introduced the first cedi at a rate of £1 = ₵2.40, i.e., ₵1 = 100d.
The exchange rate is grossly more favourable to the seller of the foreign currency than is the official bank rate, but such trading is usually illegal. [ citation needed ] In many rural areas there is still a strong bartering culture, the exchanged items being of more immediate value than official currency (following the principle that one can ...
Flemish pound – Burgundian Netherlands; French colonial pound – French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Mauritius and Réunion; French pound – France; Gambian pound – The Gambia; Georgia pound – Georgia; Ghanaian pound – Ghana; Gibraltar pound – Gibraltar; Guadeloupe pound – Guadeloupe; Guernsey pound – Guernsey (not an ...
Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.. Most countries have decimalised their currencies, converting them from non-decimal sub-units to a decimal system, with one basic currency unit and sub-units that are to a power of 10, most commonly 100, and exceptionally 1000; and ...
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Ghanaian cedi ₵ GHS Pesewa: 100 Gibraltar: Gibraltar pound £ GIP Penny: 100 Sterling £ GBP Penny: 100 Greece: Euro € EUR Cent: 100 Greenland: Danish krone: kr DKK Øre: 100 Grenada: Eastern Caribbean dollar: EC$ XCD Cent: 100 Guatemala: Guatemalan quetzal: Q GTQ Centavo: 100 Bailiwick of Guernsey: Guernsey pound £ (none) Penny: 100 ...