| PESEWA | From Akan for "penny worth of gold dust", a Ghanaian coin equal to 1/100 of a "cowrie shell" cedi (6) |
| ZIMBI | A cowrie shell used as money (5) |
| KNOX | Fort ___ (place in Kentucky with billions of dollars' worth of gold) |
| RARECOIN | Penny worth much more than a penny, perhaps |
| PORCELAIN | From Italian for "cowrie shell", a white translucent ceramic material with a finish reminiscent of a polished shell; or, chinaware made from this (9) |
| CEDI | Ghanaian coin |
| THEBE | A Jovian moon; or, a Botswanan "shield" equal to 1/100 of a pula (5) |
| PENNI | Former monetary unit of Finland equal to 1/100 of a markka (5) |
| PIASTRE | Monetary unit equal to 1/100 of an Egyptian pound, for example (7) |
| PACHISI | Backgammon- or ludo-like Indian game whose name, derived from the Hindi for "25", refers to the highest score achieved with cowrie shells (7) |
| STEW | "Red red" is a Ghanaian bean ___ made with tomato paste, red palm oil, seasonings (and often meat or seafood), served with a side of fried plantains |
| PARCHEESI | Classic board game adapted from an Indian game played with cowrie shells |
| MALDIVES | With the coconut palm as its national tree, island nation that once used cowrie shells as its currency (8) |
| ASHANTI | A Ghanaian people |
| OBOL | In ancient Athens, a coin equal to one sixth of a drachma (4) |
| PENNY | What was a former copper coin equal to one twelfth of a shilling (5) |
| BAN | Word with meanings ranging from curse, moratorium and prohibition to 1/100 of a Moldavian leu (3) |
| SESTERCE | Roman coin equal to one quarter of a denarius (8) |
| PFENNIG | Old German coin equivalent to 1/100 of a mark |
| LOUIS | Old gold coin equal to a sovereign overseas! (5) |
