2 Shillings

Features

Issuer	Ghana › Ghana (1957-date)
Queen	Elizabeth II (1957-1960)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1958
Value	2 Shillings (⅒)
Currency	Pound (1958-1965)
Composition	Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	9.07 g
Diameter	26.5 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued	14 July 1958
Demonetized	17 September 1966
Number	N# 1763
References	KM# 6 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Obverse

Five-pointed star

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GHANA
19 58
TWO SHILLINGS

Engraver: P. K. K. Quaidoo

Reverse

Kwame Nkrumah facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CIVITATIS GHANIENSIS CONDITOR
P.V.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Translation:
The Founder of the State of Ghana
P.V.
Kwame Nkrumah

Engraver: Paul Vincze

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)

Comments

Two types are known.
Obverse
Die 1 - low relief, less hair on the portrait, thin script.
Die 2 - high relief, more hair on the portrait, thick script.
Reverse
Die A - thin script.
Die B - script slightly thicker.
Combinations:
1. 1+A
2. 2+B

Nkrumah disliked the samples of the type 1+A, for they show him almost bald. The dies were re-engraved so portrait shows more hair

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Date	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1958	72 700 000	$ 1.40	$ 2.10	$ 2.10	$ 2.10	$ 3.90		96%
1958	20 000					$ 5.10	Proof	5%

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