Ghana: Protect me from coins

[africancoins]

>>As I can recall,there are 2 types of the 1958 coins (I'm not sure about the commemorative silver 10/- medal-coin though),in which one type depicts Kwame Nkrumah with an almost bald head.Upon seeing those coins,Nkrumah was very unhappy,so the coins were redesigned.It is very hard to tell the types apart (in my experience).<<

You will have to give us evidence of this - until then we will not believe a word of it.

...Just noticed - the gold 1997 medallic piece (by RCM) is listed by Schon.

Thanks Mr Paul Baker

[BC Numismatics]

>>As I can recall,there are 2 types of the 1958 coins (I'm not sure about the commemorative silver 10/- medal-coin though),in which one type depicts Kwame Nkrumah with an almost bald head.Upon seeing those coins,Nkrumah was very unhappy,so the coins were redesigned.It is very hard to tell the types apart (in my experience).<<

You will have to give us evidence of this - until then we will not believe a word of it.

...Just noticed - the gold 1997 medallic piece (by RCM) is listed by Schon.

Thanks Mr Paul Baker

Paul,
  Check out 'The Guidebook & Catalogue Of British Commonwealth Coins' by Jerome Remick,Somer James,Anthony Dowle,& Patrick Finn.

I have the 3rd. edition,which came out in 1971.It only lists coins issued from 1649 though.

Can you please post a photo of the listing in Schoen of that Ghanaian gold medal-coin dated 1997?

Aidan.

[africancoins]

>>Can you please post a photo of the listing in Schoen of that Ghanaian gold medal-coin dated 1997?<<

That would surely tread on the toes of copyright. The listing is without image. An edition of the book from a few years ago was once (for quite a while) available as many pdf files somewhere at http://www.inkoze.de/ but it seems to have been removed.

Your incorrect (not widely accepted) categorisation of this gold piece as "medal-coin" fails to distinguish it from thing such as silver proof versions of British circulation 1 Pound coins. The gold Ghanian coin is without denomination (no denomination stated on the piece and (apparently) no denomination assigned to the piece in law). The British circulation 1 Pound coins and their silver proof variants are equally of denomination and legal tender value 1 Pound as seen on these coins and through law. Your term groups these two categories together.

Ghana - 1958 - the current world coins catalogues have never mentioned these varieties and the book you mention was once widely available. The variety is was judged as too slight for the newer books....  they do not have to mention everything in this respect and they don't.

>>several articles<<

Gibraltar, Libya, South Africa, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Salins du Cap Vert, Horst Hahne, an Indian token for a milk vending machine and a few more - most can be found at...  http://www.wbcc.fsnet.co.uk/africa.htm   and   http://www.wbcc.fsnet.co.uk/aftokens.htm

Thanks Mr Paul Baker