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5 Euros 70 years of EOKA
| Issuer | Central Bank of Cyprus |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Weight | 28.2 g |
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| Obverse lettering | CYPRUS ΚΥΠΡΟΣ KIBRIS 2025 |
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| Mintage | 2025 - Proof - 2,000 |
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EOKA — the National Organisation of Cypriot Struggle — launched its armed campaign against British colonial rule on April 1, 1955, under the military direction of George Grivas. The organisation sought enosis, union with Greece, a goal that was never achieved; Cyprus gained independence in 1960 as a republic rather than as part of Greece, an outcome few within EOKA's leadership had anticipated or wanted.
The commemorative falls in a year when the politics of the 1955–59 struggle remain genuinely contested, particularly regarding EOKA's attacks on left-wing Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots alongside British forces.