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The "new Cedi" (1967–2007) was worth 1.2 Cedis, which made it equal to half of a pound sterling (or ten shillings sterling) at its introduction. Decades of high inflation devalued the new Cedi, so that in 2007 the largest of the "new cedi" banknotes, the 20,000 note, had a value of about US$2.
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.
1 Pound 2005 Egypt: 5 Rand 2005 South Africa: 10 Rupees 2005 India: 1 Cedi 2007 Ghana: 25 Pence 2008 Tristan Da Cunha: 2 Roubles 2009 Belarus: 1 Lira 2009 Turkey: 10 Rupees 2011 Andaman and Nicobar: 5 Kwanzas 2012 Angola: 10 Kwanzas 2019 Angola: 5 Dollars 2012 Micronesia: 250 Francs 2012 Djibouti: 1 Dollar 2013 Singapore: 250 Francs 2013 ...
These included shells, [1] ingots, gold (gold dust and gold coins (the Asante)), arrowheads, iron, salt, cattle, goats, blankets, axes, beads, and many others. In the early 19th century a slave could be bought in West Africa with manilla currency ; multiples of X-shaped rings of bronze or other metal that could be strung on a staff.
United States dollar: 1 July 1994 ... All countries that previously had currencies based on pounds-shillings-pence system (£1 = 20 ... New Ghanaian cedi: 10,000∶1.
A bag of corn that once cost 900 cedis — a little under $60 at today’s exchange rate — shot up to 1,500 cedis. ... And country after country — from Ghana and Kenya to Sri Lanka and ...
Colour key and notes Indicates that a given currency is pegged to another currency (details) Italics indicates a state or territory with a low level of international recognition State or territory Currency Symbol [D] or Abbrev. ISO code Fractional unit Number to basic Abkhazia Abkhazian apsar [E] аҧ (none) (none) (none) Russian ruble ₽ RUB Kopeck 100 Afghanistan Afghan afghani ؋ AFN ...
International dollar – hypothetical currency pegged 1:1 to the United States dollar; Jamaican dollar – Jamaica; Kiautschou dollar – Qingdao; Kiribati dollar – Kiribati; Liberian dollar – Liberia; Malaya and British Borneo dollar – Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, British North Borneo and Brunei; Malayan dollar – Brunei, Malaysia and ...