£7.70
Description
Issued by | Bank of Ghana |
Issue | 1972-1978 Issue. 04.07.1977 |
Size | 147 x 70 mm |
Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited (England) – TDLR |
Watermark | Head of an eagle carrying a five-angled star on a ribbon on his neck |
Security features | Consecutively running black horizontal serial numbers on the front of the banknote. 6 separate denomination numerals “5” fluoresce in peach on the obverse while being exposed to ultraviolet light. Solid embedded 0,3 mm wide security thread. |
Signature | Alex E.K. Ashiabor (Governor, from 15 July 1977 to 8 March 1983) |
Obverse | Bank of Ghana emblem in a form of a pentagram. Ghanaian woman market trader wearing a large straw hat. Vintage oil lamp. |
Reverse | Larabanga Mosque. It is a mosque built in the Sudanese architectural style in the village of Larabanga, Ghana. It is the oldest mosque in the country and one of the oldest in West Africa. |