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Updated: June 9, 2025
Gold-dust is the only coin of the realm; and travellers who would pass north of the Protectorate must buy it on the coast. Its weight, the 16th of an ounce, never varies; but the value ranges from 4s. 6d. to 5s., according as the ounce is worth 3l. 12s. to 4l. 10s., the average being assumed at 4l. The benna = 2 akis.
The periquen, pereguen, or peredroano = 32 akis, or two ounces in weight; and ranging in value from 9l. to 10l. The word is Ashanti, little used by the Fantis. For a list of these complicated gold weights, of which Mr. The people may be persuaded to take an English sovereign, but they spurn a French napoleon.
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