Catalog
5 Pounds
| Issuer | Government of Cyprus |
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| Year | 1938-1951 |
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| Currency | Pound (1879-1955) |
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| Obverse description | Dark green intaglio print on yellow and light green underprint. At left, the denomination is rendered in three languages — English, Greek (ΠΕΝΤΕ ΛΙΡΑΙ), and Ottoman Turkish (بش ليرا) — accompanied by the Commissioner of Currency signature. At right, an engraved portrait of King George VI appears alongside the numeral value £5. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in dark green on plain paper, the reverse carries the circular heraldic badge of British Cyprus at left, comprising two rampant lions within a roundel rendered in fine intaglio line work. The issuer inscription appears in decorative calligraphic script at lower right. |
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| Protection description | Griffin at upper left, text FIVE POUNDS beneath, text CYPRUS GOVERNMENT at bottom. |
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