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20 Pounds Cyprus University
| Issuer | Central Bank of Cyprus |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 20 Pounds (20 CYP) |
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| Reverse description | At center, the emblem of the University of Cyprus rendered in a formal heraldic composition. A circular legend in Greek script reads 'ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ' (University of Cyprus) encircling the emblem within the inner border. The face value '£20' appears in the lower field below the central device. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the founding of the University of Cyprus, which was established by law in 1989 but did not admit its first students until 1992 — the same year this coin was struck. The institution was a long time coming; Cyprus had sent generations of students abroad for higher education, primarily to Greece and the United Kingdom, for lack of a domestic university.
KM#104 was produced in a limited proof issue and is seldom encountered outside specialist collections of modern Cypriot gold.