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| Emittent | Government of Cyprus |
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| Jahr | 1955 |
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| Stempelschneider | Obverse: Cecil Thomas Reverse: William Maving Gardner |
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| Aversschrift | Latin |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Central device depicting a stylised branching plant motif, commonly identified as a representation of the maidenhair tree or decorative palm frond, with elongated fronds radiating upward and outward from a central stem and flanked by curved foliate sprays on either side. The numeral '50' appears in the lower central field beneath the plant. The date 1955 is inscribed in the lower exergual area, flanked by star stops. The circular legend GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS and FIFTY MILS runs along the upper and lower periphery respectively, separated by star stops, all within a beaded border. |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Cyprus's 1955 coinage series was introduced just as the EOKA campaign for enosis — union with Greece — was gaining violent momentum, making this issue one of the most politically charged decimal coinages of the postwar British Commonwealth. The coins were produced at the Royal Mint for a crown colony that would achieve independence only five years later, in 1960.
The series marked Cyprus's first decimal currency system, replacing the earlier piastre-based coinage.