50 Mils Bitter End Lounge

The Bitter End Lounge was a bar and nightclub operating in Nicosia during the period when Cyprus was navigating its fraught post-independence years, the intercommunal violence of the mid-1960s, and ultimately the Turkish military intervention of 1974. Venue scrip of this kind — issued by a private establishment to function as internal currency, redeemable against food, drink, or cover charges — was not uncommon in expatriate-facing Nicosia hospitality businesses of the era, particularly those catering to British military personnel from the nearby Sovereign Base Areas.

The perforation serves as the cancellation mechanism: once redeemed, the note was punched to prevent reuse. That the series spans nearly a decade suggests the scrip saw genuine, repeated use rather than novelty issue.