Evidence coverage: 1965–2008. 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.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
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 →Same cedi continuity: 1 new unit replaces 1.20 old units.
C408Same cedi continuity: 1 new unit replaces 10,000 old units.
C422, C423, C425, C430Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
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.
C407On 17 February 1967 one new cedi replaced 1.20 of the 1965 cedis.
C408In March 1973 the new cedi became known simply as the cedi.
C409The Bank records a 9 March 1979 discounted note exchange, with different discounts around a 5,000-cedi threshold.
C410The annual report records redenomination gazetting on 23 March 2007, separately from the later cash launch.
C426The 2007 reform set 10,000 preceding cedis equal to one Ghana cedi, divided into 100 Ghana pesewas. The Bank’s annual report dates new Ghana-cedi cash circulation to 3 July 2007.
C422, C423The transition ran through December 2007; old cash was to lose legal-tender status by 1 January 2008, with exchange continuing.
C424Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
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.
Birth of the Cedi; reciprocal unit arithmetic
Undated page includes an editing placeholder and stale denomination inventory.
The 1979 threshold wording does not establish the complete legal exchange schedule.
On 17 February 1967 one new cedi replaced 1.20 of the 1965 cedis.
The New Cedi
Undated page includes an editing placeholder and stale denomination inventory.
The 1979 threshold wording does not establish the complete legal exchange schedule.
In March 1973 the new cedi became known simply as the cedi.
The New Cedi
Undated page includes an editing placeholder and stale denomination inventory.
The 1979 threshold wording does not establish the complete legal exchange schedule.
The Bank records a 9 March 1979 discounted note exchange, with different discounts around a 5,000-cedi threshold.
Currency Demonetisation
Undated page includes an editing placeholder and stale denomination inventory.
The 1979 threshold wording does not establish the complete legal exchange schedule.
Cedi recalls cowrie money and pesewa a gold-dust denomination; naming alone does not establish a currency conversion.
Birth of the Cedi; final clause is editorial inference
Undated page includes an editing placeholder and stale denomination inventory.
The 1979 threshold wording does not establish the complete legal exchange schedule.
The 2007 reform set 10,000 preceding cedis equal to one Ghana cedi, divided into 100 Ghana pesewas.
p.33, section 6.2
Report explicitly dates circulation to 3 July; the March Gazette itself has not been read.
Continued exchange described here is historical policy, not verification of present availability.
The Bank’s annual report dates new Ghana-cedi cash circulation to 3 July 2007.
pp.2 and 33, sections 6.1 and 6.3
Report explicitly dates circulation to 3 July; the March Gazette itself has not been read.
Continued exchange described here is historical policy, not verification of present availability.
The transition ran through December 2007; old cash was to lose legal-tender status by 1 January 2008, with exchange continuing.
p.33, section 6.2
Report explicitly dates circulation to 3 July; the March Gazette itself has not been read.
Continued exchange described here is historical policy, not verification of present availability.
Existing cedi contracts, balances, securities and payment instruments were to convert automatically to equivalent Ghana-cedi amounts.
p.33, section 6.2
Report explicitly dates circulation to 3 July; the March Gazette itself has not been read.
Continued exchange described here is historical policy, not verification of present availability.
The annual report records redenomination gazetting on 23 March 2007, separately from the later cash launch.
p.33, section 6.1; Gazette not independently inspected
Report explicitly dates circulation to 3 July; the March Gazette itself has not been read.
Continued exchange described here is historical policy, not verification of present availability.
The cedi rescalings are modeled as dated unit epochs within one continuity, preserving conversion arithmetic without extra currency branches.
editorial synthesis of S190 1967 reform and S196 section 6
Report explicitly dates circulation to 3 July; the March Gazette itself has not been read.
Continued exchange described here is historical policy, not verification of present availability.
The New Cedi, 1967
Undated page includes an editing placeholder and stale denomination inventory.
The 1979 threshold wording does not establish the complete legal exchange schedule.
1965Act substitutes cedi principalunit and converts all poundreferences in enactments and written/oral obligations at £1=2.40cedis.
PDF8–9,printed5–6,s2 substituting s13(1)–(3)
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.