5 Shillings

Issuer	Government of Cyprus
Year	1939-1950
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Printer	Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
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Obverse description	Central oval vignette bearing a portrait of King George VI in profile facing left, printed in purple intaglio, set against a guilloche underprint in blue and green. The heading ISSUED BY THE / GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS appears across the top in a blue banner, with the denomination 5/- in the upper corners. Serial number in red appears twice at left and right, with the date and Commissioner of Currency signature at the foot; trilingual denomination legends — in Greek (ΠΕΝΤΕ ΣΕΛΙΝΙΑ) to the left and Arabic script to the right — flank the central vignette.
Obverse lettering	Issued by the Government of Cyprus ΠΕΝΤΕ ΣΕΛΙΝΙΑ پنج شلن Five Shillings Commissioner of Currency
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Reverse lettering	Government of Cyprus
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