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1 Pound
| Issuer | Government of Cyprus |
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| Year | 1955-1957 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse description | Brick-red intaglio printing over a multicolour guilloche underprint. Denomination in Greek (ΜΙΑ ΛΙΡΑ) and Turkish (BİR LİRA) appears at left, with the English value and Commissioner of Currency signature at centre. A portrait vignette of Queen Elizabeth II occupies the right, flanked by a watermark window at lower centre and a cartographic vignette of Cyprus at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | £1 £1 ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS A/13 215017 ONE POUND ΜΙΑ ΛΙΡΑ BİR LİRA COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY £1 1st FEBRUARY 1956. A/13 215017 |
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| Protection description | Watermark panel visible as a clear window at lower centre of both obverse and reverse |
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