Gold Coast ackey

The ackey was a currency issued for the Gold Coast by the British between 1796 and 1818. It was subdivided into 8 takoe and was equal to the British [Half Crown coin|British halfcrown], i.e., 1 takoe = 3 pence and 1 pound = 8 ackey.
The currency consisted of silver coins in denominations of 1 takoe,, and 1 ackey. All coins bar the takoe carried the inscription "Free Trade to Africa by Act of Parliament 1750", commemorating the African [Company Act 1750] which dissolved the Royal [African Company] and created the African Company of Merchants, which remained in existence while the ackey was in circulation.
The name derived from the use of ackee seeds for weighing gold dust; one ackee seed weighed about 20 troy grains.