The Banknotes of Cyprus

Banknote production status: EXTINCT. Cyprus now uses the Euro.

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Government of Cyprus (1914-1960)

P20	1 Shilling 1st May, 1942.
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P20	1 Shilling 10th August, 1945.
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P23	10 Shillings 1st May 1942.
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P24	1 Pound 20th October 1945.
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P26	3 Piastres 30th August, 1941. (1943)
Overprint on Cyprus P20. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P30	5 Shillings 1st September, 1952.
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P33a	250 Mils 1st March 1960.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P34a	500 Mils 1st March 1957.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P35a	1 Pound 1st June 1955.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P36a	5 Pounds 1st June 1955.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

Kibris Merkez Bankasi / Central Bank of Cyprus (1964-2004)

P41b	250 Mils 1. 5. 1973
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P41c	250 Mils 1.8.1976.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P41c	250 Mils 1. 9. 1979
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P41c	250 Mils 1.6.1982
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P42a	500 Mil 1. 9. 1971
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P42b	500 Mils 1. 6. 1974
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P42b	500 Mils 1. 7. 1975
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P42c	500 Mils 1. 9. 1979
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P43b	1 Pound 1. 6. 1974
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P43c	1 Pound 1. 5. 1978
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P44c	5 Pounds 1. 6. 1974
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P44c	5 Pounds 1.7.1975
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P45a	500 Mils 1.6.1982
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P46	1 Pound 1.6.1979
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P47	5 Pounds 1.6.1979
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P48a	10 Pounds 1. 6. 1979.
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P48b	10 Pounds 1.9.1983.
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P49a	50 Cents 1.12.1984.
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P50	1 Pound 1.2.1982
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P50	1 Pound 1.11.1982
Images courtesy Tristan White

P52	50 Cents 1.4.1987.
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P52	50 Cents 1.11.1989.
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P53b	1 Pound 1.11.1989
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P53b	1 Pound 1.2.1992
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P53d	1 Pound 1.9.1995
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P53e	1 Pound 1.10.1996
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P54b	5 Pounds 1. 9. 1995
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P55d	10 Pounds 1. 9. 1995
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P56a	20 Pounds 1.2.1992
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P56b	20 Pounds 1.3.1993
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P57	1 Pound 1.2.1997
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P58	5 Pounds 1.2.1997
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P59	10 Pounds 1.2.1997
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P60a	1 Pound 1.10.1997
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P60b	1 Pound 1.12.1998
One-letter serial number prefix. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P60b	1 Pound 1.12.1998
Two-letter serial number prefix. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P60bz	1 Pound 1.12.1998
Prefix Z = replacement note. Images courtesy Daniel Mendea

P60c	1 Pound 1.2.2001
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P60d	1 Pound 1.4.2004
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P61b	5 Pounds 1.9.2003
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P62a	10 Pounds 1.10.1997
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P62b	10 Pounds 1.12.1998
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P62d	10 Pounds 1.9.2003
Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

P62e	10 Pounds 1.4.2005
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

P63a	20 Pounds 1.10.1997
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P63b	20 Pounds 1.10.2001
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P63c	20 Pounds 1.4.2004
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

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