Crowned head to right and in a circle the inscription: QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
QUEEN
ELIZABETH THE SECOND
Reverse description
Ancient galley, representing the trade of the Island, based on a painting on the jug of the 7th century B.C; the figure 100 left of the mast and in a circle the inscription: GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS·ONE HUNDRED MILS +1957+
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS·ONE HUNDRED
MILS
+1957+
Edge
Reeded
Mint
Mintage
1955 - - 2 500 000 1955 - Proof - 2 000 1957 - 490,000 were melted down by the Central Bank of Cyprus in 1968 - 500 000 1957 - Proof -