Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
500 Mils 1980 Summer Olympic Games, Moscow
| Issuer | Cyprus |
|---|---|
| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central device depicting the Cypriot coat of arms, featuring a dove in flight carrying an olive twig within a shield, with the date 1960 — the year of independence — inscribed below the device. The shield is flanked by laurel branches extending symmetrically on either side. A three-part legend encircles the design, reading KIBRIS to the left, CYPRUS to the right, and ΚΥΠΡΟΣ at the base, rendering the country's name in Turkish, English, and Greek respectively. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | KIBRIS CYPRUS 1960 ΚΥΠΡΟΣ |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Cyprus boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics along with roughly 65 other nations following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, making this commemorative an oddity: a coin issued by a country whose athletes did not attend the Games it celebrates. The Cypriot government nevertheless proceeded with the issue, almost certainly for the straightforward reason that commemorative sales generated hard currency revenue regardless of political posture.