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3 Mils - Elizabeth II 1st portrait
| Issuer | Government of Cyprus |
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| Year | 1955 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1955-1982) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the St. Edward's Crown, modelled by Cecil Thomas. The truncation of the bust is bare. The circumferential legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND, enclosed within a continuous inner beaded border near the rim. |
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| Mintage | 1955 - - 6,250,000 1955 - Proof - 2,000 |
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Cyprus's pre-decimal mil coinage was introduced in 1955, the year the EOKA campaign for enosis — political union with Greece — began in earnest. The colonial administration pressed ahead with this new currency series regardless, a decision that would prove short-lived: the island gained independence in 1960, and the entire Elizabeth II colonial coinage was rendered obsolete within a few years of striking.