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10 Pounds
| Issuer | Central Bank of Cyprus |
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| Year | 1977-1985 |
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| Value | 10 Pounds |
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| Signature(s) | 1977 - Chr. A. Aspros 1980 - Chr. A. Aspros 1982 - Afxentis Afxentiou 1985 - Afxentis Afxentiou |
| Protection type | Watermark |
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Bradbury Wilkinson printed this series from their New Malden works through a period of acute instability on the island — the Turkish military intervention of 1974 had displaced roughly a third of the Cypriot population and left the economy severed from the northern territories it had previously relied upon. That the Central Bank was issuing high-denomination notes in good order by 1977 reflected a deliberate effort to project institutional stability.
The transition from Aspros to Afxentiou as signing governor, visible across the four date variants, tracks a broader consolidation of monetary policy during the Republic's economic recovery years. Afxentiou served as governor through the mid-1980s.