5 Cents Type 2 coat of arms

€1.00
IssuerCyprus
Year1991-2004
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value5 Cents (Sent) (0.05 CYP)
CurrencyPound (decimalized, 1983-2007)
CompositionNickel brass
Weight3.75 g
Dimensions22 mm
Thickness1.40 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)Clara Georgiou
In circulation to31 January 2008
Reference(s) KM#55.3, Schön#68
Obverse descriptionCyprus coat of arms (A dove holding an olive twig and the independence year 1960), laurel twigs around and the country name in Greek, Turkish and English
Obverse script
Obverse letteringCYPRUS·ΚΥΠΡΟΣ·KIBRIS·2004 1960
(Translation: Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus 2004 1960)
Reverse descriptionBull`s head from an exhibit to be found in the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia, a fourteenth-century B. C. silver bowl with wishbone handle and the value in numerals below
Reverse script
Reverse lettering5
EdgeSmooth
Mint
Mintage1991  - - 4 000 000
1992  - - 4 000 000
1993  - - 5 000 000
1994  - - 8 000 000
1994  - In Sets only -
1998  - - 1 000 000
2001  - - 15 000 000
2004  - - 15 000 000
2004  - In Sets only, plastic case -
2004  - In Sets only, three-ply folder, 2007 issue -
Catalog ID3428941460
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