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5 Euros 50th Anniversary of the Central Bank of Cyprus - silver
| Issuer | Central Bank of Cyprus |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the original coat of arms of the Republic of Cyprus, which serves simultaneously as the emblem of the Central Bank of Cyprus, centrally positioned within the field. The arms display a gold dove bearing an olive branch over a heraldic shield. Flanking the emblem, the trilingual country name appears in Greek, English, and Turkish — ΚΥΠΡΟΣ, CYPRUS, and KIBRIS respectively — arranged around the device. The commemorative date range 1963–2013 is inscribed in the field, denoting the fifty-year anniversary period. |
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| Reverse lettering | €5 ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ 50 ΧΡΟΝΙΑ |
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The Central Bank of Cyprus was established in 1963, two years after independence from Britain, and spent its first decade navigating the monetary aftershocks of a newly sovereign economy still deeply tied to sterling. By 2013, the anniversary fell at the most uncomfortable possible moment: Cyprus had just negotiated a €10 billion EU-IMF bailout that included the unprecedented forced haircut of uninsured bank deposits — the first such bail-in in the eurozone. The institution issuing this commemorative coin was simultaneously at the center of the worst banking crisis in the island's history.