PESEWA: COIN OF GHANA
5 pesewas, 1975: Republic of Ghana
FIVE PESEWAS.
Shield from coat of arms of Ghana (without two golden tawny eagles and Black Star of Africa).
GHANA — FREEDOM AND JUSTICE (motto from coat of arms of Ghana).
Cacao pods.
Mintage: 20.000.000.
- Copper-nickel: 19 mm - 2.85 g
- Reference price: 0.8$
COIN PESEWA — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- REPUBLIC OF GHANA (1965-...): pesewa = 1/100 cedi
The name of the pesewa coin, as it may seem, have nothing to do with the Spanish peseta. In one of the local languages — akan — pesewa ("psewabo") literally means "dark blue seeds of the plant", which was used for accurate weighing; in ancient times the term meant the smallest unit of measurement of the weight of gold.
