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20 Euros UNESCO
| Issuer | Central Bank of Cyprus |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Currency | Euro (2008-date) |
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| Obverse description | At centre, the arms of the Republic of Cyprus depicted on a shield, showing a dove in flight carrying an olive branch above the date 1960, all flanked by two olive branches in high relief. The trilingual legend CYPRUS · ΚΥΠΡΟΣ · KIBRIS arcs around the upper periphery, with the year of issue 2021 inscribed in the upper field above the shield. The design is executed in mirror-field proof finish against a polished background. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Cyprus joined UNESCO in 1961, and this issue belongs to a long-running Cypriot gold series highlighting the island's World Heritage Sites — a program that has produced some of the more carefully struck collector pieces from Nicosia's mint contracts. The 2021 release coincides with ongoing international attention to Cypriot heritage sites amid decades of political division, with several protected monuments located in the northern part of the island under Turkish administration since 1974, a jurisdictional tension that UNESCO has formally documented but never fully resolved.