Nkrumah remains the only Big Six founder on Ghanaian banknotes
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on 3News
Kwame Nkrumah remains the only of Ghana’s six founding figures to appear on the Bank of Ghana’s new banknotes. The other denominations honour figures from education, religion, public service, culture and diplomacy, according to 3News.
Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president, is the only of the six historic independence leaders to feature on the new banknotes in the Heritage series unveiled by the Bank of Ghana on Thursday 12 November, 3News reports. His portrait appears on the 200 cedi note, while the other five members of the “Big Six” have been removed from the new range.
The other denominations honour seven figures in the fields of education, religion, public service, culture and international diplomacy. Agnes Oforiwa Tagoe-Quarcoopome features on the 1 cedi note, Cardinal Peter Poreku Dery on the 2 cedi note, educator James Emmanuel Kwegyir-Aggrey on the 5 cedi note and judge Annie Jiagge on the 10 cedi note. The 20 cedi note bears the portrait of composer Ephraim Amu, the 50 cedi note that of national flag designer Theodosia Salome Okoh and the 100 cedi note that of former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan.
The new series replaces the collective portraits of the “Big Six” that appeared on existing banknotes. The group comprised Nkrumah, Joseph Boakye Danquah, Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Edward Akufo-Addo, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey and William Ofori Atta.
