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50 Cents

Issuer Central Bank of Cyprus
Year 1987-1989
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In circulation to 2001
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Obverse description Printed in shades of red-brown on a light guilloche underprint, the obverse carries at upper left a bilingual header in Greek (ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ) and Turkish (KIBRIS MERKEZ BANKASI) flanking the Cypriot coat of arms at centre top. A vignette to the right shows a woman in traditional Cypriot dress seated in three-quarter view. The denomination appears in numeral form at upper right and lower left, with the value inscribed in Greek (ΠΕΝΗΝΤΑ ΣΕΝΤ) and Turkish (ELLİ SENT) at centre, the date below, and the Governor's facsimile signature above the bilingual title ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ – MÜDÜR.
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Reverse description The reverse, rendered in the same red-brown palette, presents a large intaglio vignette of the Kouris Dam and its reservoir set against a backdrop of terraced hillsides, occupying the central field. The inscription CENTRAL BANK OF CYPRUS runs along the top margin, with FIFTY CENTS lettered across the lower margin; the denomination numeral 50 appears at upper left and lower right within guilloche cartouches. Decorative column motifs frame the left and right borders.
Reverse lettering CENTRAL BANK OF CYPRUS
FIFTY CENTS
50
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