Catalog
10 Shillings
| Issuer | Government of Cyprus |
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| Year | 1953-1954 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A left-facing portrait of King George VI set within an ornate oval vignette occupies the upper centre of the note, framed by guilloche scrollwork. The denomination is printed in large letterpress text across the centre, with trilingual legends in Greek, Turkish, and English flanking the serial number at upper left and right. A manuscript date and the facsimile signature of the Commissioner of Currency appear along the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΔΕΚΑ ΣΕΛΙΝΙΑ ON ŞİLİN TEN SHILLINGS ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS |
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Cyprus was still a British Crown Colony in 1953, and this note was issued under the Commissioner of Currency rather than a central bank — an administrative structure that persisted until independence in 1960. The Colonial treasury framework meant De La Rue produced the notes to broadly familiar British colonial specifications, with sterling denominations rather than any local unit.
Rich's tenure as Commissioner was brief, which limits the date range for his signature considerably. Notes from this window are less frequently encountered than the later Cypriot pound issues that followed independence.