Who Did This To Bawumia — The Fake ₵38 Bawumia Note That Took Over Facebook On Heritage Notes Day

No single person has been proven to be the original creator of the viral ₵38 banknote bearing the face of former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, but the image exploded on Facebook after it was posted and re-posted by several popular pages within minutes of each other.

The most-shared version came from the page With All Due Respect – Loud Silence Media, which posted the front-and-back design at 15:23 GMT and quickly attracted 1.5K likes and 250 comments.

Another early viral version was posted at 15:04 GMT by Abdul Hameed, with the caption “For peace to reign,” drawing 520 likes and 140 comments.

The joke landed because of timing. The Bank of Ghana on the same day, November 12, 2026, unveiled its new “Heritage Notes,” a redesigned series from GH₵1 to GH¢200 intended to modernise the currency and celebrate Ghana’s history.

Commenters immediately turned the real launch into a meme, asking “who did this to Dr Bawumia,” joking that the back should rather have shown the National Cathedral hole, the Pwalugu Dam, or Asylum Down, and linking the number “38” to online banter about Bawumia and the NPP.

The Bank of Ghana has not issued any ₵38 denomination, and Ghana’s recognised notes remain GH₵1, GH₵2, GH₵5, GH₵10, GH₵20, GH₵50, GH₵100 and GH₵200, with GH₵200 still the highest. The Bank has repeatedly warned in the past that fake new denominations circulating on social media should be disregarded.

The image is best understood not as news, but as Ghanaian internet political humour a fake currency used to roast, praise, and debate Bawumia’s legacy on the very day Ghana was talking about real new notes.

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