Catalog
50 Cents
| Issuer | Central Bank of Cyprus |
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| Year | 1983-1984 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A seated woman in traditional Cypriot folk costume occupies the right portion of the note, rendered in intaglio against fine guilloche underprint in red and green tones. The arms of Cyprus appear at top centre within an ornate medallion, flanked by the bilingual issuer title in Greek and Turkish. A vignette of the island map is positioned at lower centre, with the denomination numeral repeated in two corners within decorative cartouches. |
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| Reverse description | A detailed intaglio vignette occupies the central field, presenting an aerial perspective of the Yermasoyia Dam near Limassol, with the curved dam wall, spillway structures, and reservoir waters rendered against a backdrop of rolling hills. The issuer name in English appears in a panel at top centre, with the denomination stated in full at the base. Guilloche border panels frame the composition on both lateral edges. |
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Bradbury Wilkinson printed the bulk of Cyprus's post-independence note series, and this 50 Cents is among the smaller denominations they handled for Nicosia through the early 1980s. The firm's New Malden facility had by this point a long relationship with Commonwealth and former-Commonwealth central banks, though Bradbury Wilkinson itself would close within the decade — acquired and wound down by American Bank Note Company by 1990.
Cyprus was still issuing pounds and fractions under conditions shaped by the 1974 partition, with the Central Bank operating exclusively from the government-controlled south. The 50 Cents denomination was withdrawn as Cyprus eventually moved toward decimalization consolidation ahead of its later monetary transitions.