Over the last fifteen to twenty years the note coin boundary has moved significantly towards lower value banknotes resulting in an inefficient and imbalanced currency structure in many countries. During the last 5 years many Central Banks have taken the decision to convert one or two of their low value banknotes to coins and Simon Lake will explain why they changed. He will also present the coins that have been issued during this period including coins from Ghana. His co-presenter, Dominic Owusu from the Bank of Ghana will talk about their new 2 Cedi coin whilst at the same time describe how the conversion from a banknote to a coin created many benefits..