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New GH¢5 note receives global commendation

Ghana’s new issued banknotes have been praised worldwide for its novelty

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She said the note, issued to celebrate the Bank’s with new security features of international standard, continued to receive commendations across the globe and urged the citizenry to keep it clean to market the country.

Issued to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Bank, the notes she said meet all required international standards with its new security features and has been commended across the globe. She urged Ghanaians to keep the notes clean to continue to keep the good image of the country.

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Ms Ashiley made these assertions while addressing the media and representatives of banking institutions need to introduce the new GH¢5.00 banknote.

She highlighted the issuance of commemorative banknotes was an international practice and that the country did not do anything out of the ordinary.

Ms Ashiley said the notes were a one-off prints and that they would not be reprinted, thus, a “collective item,” which individuals could preserve and sell in future for some fortune.

Mr Dominic Owusu, Chief Engineer, BoG, who took the participants through public security recognition features of the note, said the tactile mark, which helps the blind to identify the note and the QR Code were very important information features attracting international attention.

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He said banknotes were business cards for countries and advised the citizenry to use the notes well.

“BoG, in celebration of its 60th anniversary issued a commemorative five Ghana cedi notes as legal tender alongside the existing five Ghana cedi notes”

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