Dark green on yellow and light green underprint. Denomination in three languages (English, Greek and Ottoman Turkish) and signature at left, portrait of George VI and value in numeral form at right.
Reverse description
Dark green. Badge of British Cyprus at left, issuer name at lower right.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Griffin at upper left, text `FIVE POUNDS` beneath, text `CYPRUS
GOVERNMENT` at bottom.
Obverse lettering
G/3 027303
ΠΕΝΤΕ ΛΙΡΑΙ بش ليرا
FIVE POUNDS
ISSUED BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS
£5
2nd February 1942
COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY
G/3 027303
THOS. DE LA RUE & Co. LTD, LONDON
