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Ghanaian pound: research record

Evidence coverage: 1958–1965. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Ghanaian pound

T-FTM000641 · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1958–1965; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

West African Currency Board poundnational issue succeeds regional currency · 14 July 1958
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Children / successors

Ghanaian cedisdecimal currency replacement · 1965
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Siblings

Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Ghanaian poundFTM000641 · C406, C407

Latest research

Modern account-unit review

1965Act substitutes cedi principalunit and converts all poundreferences in enactments and written/oral obligations at £1=2.40cedis. Direct contractconversion; retain separately sourced commencement day.

Sources and qualifications →
Monetary history 2 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

14 July 1958First national issue

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

C406
19 July 1965: cedi introduction, not proven final pound redemptionUnit replacement

Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R0140. Direct contractconversion; retain separately sourced commencement day. Current evidence: 1965Act substitutes cedi principalunit and converts all poundreferences in enactments and written/oral obligations at £1=2.40cedis.

C407
Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C406

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

Bank of Ghana, Statistics and Reports Office, Issue Department · Evolution of Currency in Ghana Citation S190 · Open source ↗

A New and Independent Monetary Authority

Source access and limitations

Undated page includes an editing placeholder and stale denomination inventory.

The 1979 threshold wording does not establish the complete legal exchange schedule.

Inference C407

On 19 July 1965 the cedi replaced Ghanaian pounds; one cedi equalled 8s4d, hence 12/5 cedis per pound.

Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R0140. Direct contractconversion; retain separately sourced commencement day. Replacement evidence: C1574.

Bank of Ghana, Statistics and Reports Office, Issue Department · Evolution of Currency in Ghana Citation S190 · Open source ↗

Birth of the Cedi; reciprocal unit arithmetic

Source access and limitations

Undated page includes an editing placeholder and stale denomination inventory.

The 1979 threshold wording does not establish the complete legal exchange schedule.

Supported C1574

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

Republic of Ghana · Bank of Ghana (Amendment) Act 1965, Act282,9April 1965 Citation S719 · Open source ↗

PDF8–9,printed5–6,s2 substituting s13(1)–(3)

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

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