Catalog
2 Shillings
| Issuer | Government of Cyprus |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 2 Shillings (1/10) |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette with a portrait of King George V in profile, framed by a sunburst guilloche rosette and flanked by the bold lettering GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS. The denomination 2/s appears at lower left, with the date 1st March 1920 and the title COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY below centre. Trilingual inscriptions appear across the note in English, Greek, and Arabic, with the printer's imprint THOS. DE LA RUE & CO LTD LONDON at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green and centres on a large ornate vignette in which the denomination numeral 2/s is set within a framed cartouche, surrounded by elaborate scrollwork and foliate arabesques in letterpress. The Arabic denomination inscription آ ش appears at upper left and right, and the legend TWO SHILLINGS is repeated within a banner below the central cartouche. |
| Reverse lettering | 2/s TWO SHILLINGS آش |
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