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Known coins from Cyprus

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1/4 piastre
1879 - 1898 [#1.1]
Bronz
Crowned head left/Denomination within circle

1/4 piastre
1900 - 1901 [#1.2]
Bronz
Crowned head left/Denomination within circle

1/2 piastre
1879 - 1900 [#2]
Bronz
Crowned head left/Denomination within circle

1 piastre
1879 - 1881 [#3.1]
Bronz
Crowned head left/Thin 1

1 piastre
1881 - 1900 [#3.2]
Bronz
Crowned head left/Thick 1 in denomination

3 piastres
1901 [#4]
1.89g 925 silver
Crowned and veiled bust left/Crown over denomination divides date, circle surrounds

4.5 piastres
1901 [#5]
2.83g 925 silver
Crowned and veiled bust left/Crowned arms divide date, denomination below

9 piastres
1901 [#6]
5.66g 925 silver
Crowned and veiled bust left/Crowned arms divide date, denomination below

18 piastres
1901 [#7]
11.31g 925 silver
Crowned and veiled bust left/Crowned arms divide date and denomination below

1/4 piastre
1902 - 1908 [#8]
Bronz
Crowned bust right/Denomination within circle, date below

9 piastres
1907 [#9]
5.66g 925 silver
Crowned bust right/Crowned arms divide date, denomination below

18 piastres
1907 [#10]
11.31g 925 silver
Crowned bust right/Crowned arms divide date and denomination below

1/2 piastre
1908 [#11]
Bronz
Crowned bust right/Denomination within circle, date at right

1 piastre
1908 [#12]
Bronz
Crowned bust right/Denomination within circle, date at right

9 piastres
1913 - 1921 [#13]
5.66g 925 silver
Crowned bust left/Crowned arms divide date, denomination below

18 piastres
1913 - 1921 [#14]
11.31g 925 silver
Crowned bust left/Crowned arms divide date and denomination below

4.5 piastres
1921 [#15]
2.83g 925 silver
Crowned bust left/Crowned arms divide date, denomination below

1/4 piastre
1922 - 1926 [#16]
Bronz
Crowned bust left/Denomination within circle, date below

1/2 piastre
1922 - 1931 [#17]
Bronz
Crowned bust left/Denomination within circle, date at right

1 piastre
1922 - 1931 [#18]
Bronz
Crowned bust left/Denomination within circle, date at right

45 piastres
1928 [#19]
28.27g 925 silver
50th Anniversary of British Rule
Crowned bust left/Two stylized rampant lions left, date at right, denomination below

1/2 piastre
1934 [#20]
Cupro-nichel
Crowned bust left/Denomination, date at right

1 piastre
1934 [#21]
Cupro-nichel
Crowned bust left/Denomination, date at right

1/2 piastre
1938 [#22]
Cupro-nichel
Crowned head left/Denomination, date at right

1/2 piastre
1942 - 1945 [#22a]
Bronz
Crowned head left/Denomination, date at right

1 piastre
1938 [#23]
Cupro-nichel
Crowned head left/Denomination, date at right

1 piastre
1942 - 1946 [#23a]
Bronz
Crowned head left/Denomination, date at right

4.5 piastres
1938 [#24]
2.83g 925 silver
Crowned head left/Two stylized rampant lions left, denomination and date 3/4 surround

9 piastres
1938 - 1940 [#25]
5.66g 925 silver
Crowned head left/Two stylized rampant lions left, date at right, denomination below

18 piastres
1938 - 1940 [#26]
11.31g 925 silver
Crowned head left/Two stylized rampant lions left, date and denomination 3/4 surround

Shilling
1947 [#27]
Cupro-nichel
Crowned head left/Two stylized rampant lions left, date below, denomination above

Florin
1947 [#28]
Cupro-nichel
Crowned head left/Two stylized rampant lions left, date below, denomination above

1/2 piastre
1949 [#29]
Bronz
Crowned head left/Denomination, date at right

1 piastre
1949 [#30]
Bronz
Crowned head left/Denomination, date at right

Shilling
1949 [#31]
Cupro-nichel
Crowned head left/Two stylized rampant lions left, date below, denomination above

Florin
1949 [#32]
Cupro-nichel
Crowned head left/Two stylized rampant lions left, date below, denomination above

3 mils
1955 [#33]
Bronz
Crowned bust right/Flying fish divides date and denomination

5 mils
1955 - 1956 [#34]
Bronz
Crowned bust right/Standing figure of Bronze Age man holding copper bar on shoulders, date and denomination below

25 mils
1955 [#35]
Cupro-nichel
Crowned bust right/Bulls head above denomination, date below

50 mils
1955 [#36]
Cupro-nichel
Crowned bust right/Fern leaves divide denomination, date below

100 mils
1955 - 1957 [#37]
Cupro-nichel
Crowned bust right/Stylized ancient merchant ship, denomination upper left, date below

1 mil
1963 - 1972 [#38]
Aluminiu
Shielded arms within wreath, date above/Denomination within wreath

5 mils
1963 - 1980 [#39]
Bronz
Shielded arms within wreath, date above/Stylized ancient merchant ship, denomination upper left

25 mils
1963 - 1982 [#40]
Cupro-nichel
Shielded arms within wreath, date above/Cedar of Lebanon, denomination at left

50 mils
1963 - 1982 [#41]
Cupro-nichel
Shielded arms within wreath, date above/Grape cluster above denomination

100 mils
1963 - 1982 [#42]
Cupro-nichel
Shielded arms within wreath, date above/Cyprus Mouflon left, denomination below

500 mils
1970 [#43]
Cupro-nichel
F.A.O.
Double cornucopia, as on the ancient coins of Ptolemy II/Figure holding tray of fruit, denomination at right

500 mils
1970 [#43a]
22.62g 800 silver
F.A.O
Double cornucopia, as on the ancient coins of Ptolemy/Figure holding tray of fruit, denomination

500 mils
1975 - 1977 [#44]
Cupro-nichel
Shielded arms within wreath, date above/Hercules and the Nemean lion, denomination at right

500 mils
1975 [#44a]
14.14g 800 silver
Shielded arms within wreath/Hercules and denomination

500 mils
1976 [#45]
Cupro-nichel
Refugees, denomination and date at right
Shielded arms within wreath, date above

500 mils
1976 [#45a]
14.14g 925 silver
Shielded arms within wreath/Refugees, denomination at right

1 Pound
1976 [#46]
Cupro-nichel
Refugee Commemorative
Shielded arms within wreath, date above/Refugees, date and denomination at right

1 Pound
1976 [#46a]
28.28g 925 silver
Shielded arms within wreath/Refugees, denomination at right

500 mils
1978 [#48]
Cupro-nichel
Human Rights
Flame within wreath divides dates/Stylized crying dove above denomination

500 mils
1978 [#48a]
14.14g 925 silver
Human Rights
Flame within wreath divides denomination/Crying dove above denomination

500 mils
1980 [#49]
Cupro-nichel
Summer Olympic Games
Shielded arms within wreath, date above/Olympic logo divides date and denomination, sprays surround

500 mils
1980 [#49a]
14.14g 925 silver
Shielded arms within wreath/Olympic logo divides date and denomination, sprays surround

5 mils
1981 [#50.1]
Aluminiu
Shielded arms within wreath, date above/Stylized ancient merchant ship, denomination upper left

5 mils
1982 [#50.2]
Aluminiu
Shielded arms within wreath, date above/Stylized ancient merchant ship, denomination upper left

500 mils
1981 [#51]
Cupro-nichel
World Food Day
Shielded arms within wreath, date above/Denomination divides swordfish and grain sprig, date above

500 mils
1981 [#51a]
14.14g 925 silver
Shielded arms within wreath/Denomination divides swordfish and grain sprig

1/2 cent
1983 [#52]
Aluminiu
Shield within wreath, date below/Cyclamen, denomination at right

1 cent
1983 [#53.1]
Nickel-brass
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Stylized bird on a branch, value number surrounded by single line

1 cent
1985 - 1990 [#53.2]
Nickel-brass
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Stylized bird on a branch, value number surrounded by double line

1 cent
1991 - 2004 [#53.3]
Nickel-brass
Shielded arms within altered wreath, date below/Stylized bird on a branch, denomination at left

2 cents
1983 [#54.1]
Nickel-brass
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Stylized goats, value number surrounded by single line

2 cents
1985 - 1990 [#54.2]
Nickel-brass
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Stylized goats, value number surrounded by double line

2 cents
1991 - 2004 [#54.3]
Nickel-brass
Shielded arms within altered wreath, date below/Stylized goats, denomination upper right

5 cents
1983 [#55.1]
Nickel-brass
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Stylized bulls head, value number surrounded by single line

5 cents
1985 - 1990 [#55.2]
Nickel-brass
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Value number surrounded by double line

5 cents
1991 - 2004 [#55.3]
Nickel-brass
Altered wreath around arms/Stylized bulls head above denomination

10 cents
1983 [#56.1]
Nickel-brass
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Decorative vase, value number surrounded by single line

10 cents
1985 - 1990 [#56.2]
Nickel-brass
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Value number framed by double line

10 cents
1991 - 2004 [#56.3]
Nickel-brass
Altered wreath around arms/Decorative vase, denomination above

20 cents
1983 [#57.1]
Nickel-brass
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Value number framed by single line

20 cents
1985 - 1988 [#57.2]
Nickel-brass
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Value number framed by double line

50 cents
1985 [#58]
Cupro-nichel
Forestry
Shielded arms within wreath, date above/Goddess Diana in the shape of a stylized tree, denomination at right

50 cents
1985 [#58a]
14.14g 925 silver
F.A.O.
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Goddess Diana in the shape of a stylized tree

1 Pound
1986 [#59]
Cupro-nichel
World Wildlife Fund
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Cyprian wild sheep (Moufflon), denomination below

1 Pound
1986 [#59a]
0g 000 silver
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Wild sheep, denomination below

50 cents
1988 [#60]
Cupro-nichel
Olympics
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Symbols divide denomination, Olympic logo at right

50 cents
1988 [#60a]
14.14g 925 silver
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Symbols divide denomination, logo at right

1 Pound
1988 [#61]
Cupro-nichel
Olympics
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Symbols, denomination below

1 Pound
1988 [#61a]
28.28g 925 silver
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Symbols and denomination

20 cents
1989 - 1990 [#62.1]
Nickel-brass
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Head left, denomination at right

20 cents
1991 - 2004 [#62.2]
Nickel-brass
Altered wreath around arms/Head left, denomination at right

1 Pound
1989 [#63]
Cupro-nichel
Small European States Games
Winged figure divides Olympic logos, denomination below

1 Pound
1989 [#63a]
28.28g 925 silver
Small European States Games
Winged figure divides logos, denomination below

1 Pound
1989 [#64]
Cupro-nichel
Save the Children Fund
Shielded arms within wreath/Two boys at play

1 Pound
1989 [#64a]
28.28g 925 silver
Save the Children Fund
Shielded arms within wreath/Two boys at play

50 cents
1991 - 2004 [#66]
Cupro-nichel
Abduction of Europa
National arms, date below/Female figure riding bull right within square, denomination below

50 cents
1991 [#66a]
7g 925 silver
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Figure riding bull within square, denomination below

1 Pound
1992 [#67]
Cupro-nichel
Olympics
Small arms/Relay Racing, denomination above Olympic logo

1 Pound
1992 [#67a]
28.28g 925 silver
Olympics
Small arms/Relay racing, denomination above logo

1 Pound
1995 [#69]
Cupro-nichel
50th Anniversary - United Nations
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Tree of flag shields divides denomination and logo

1 Pound
1995 [#69a]
28.28g 925 silver
50th Anniversary - United Nations
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Tree of flag shields, denomination and logo

1 Pound
1995 [#70]
Cupro-nichel
50th Anniversary - F.A.O.
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Bovine portrait, wheat and denominaton

1 Pound
1995 [#70a]
28.28g 925 silver
50th Anniversary - F.A.O.
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Bovine Portrait, wheat and denomination

1 Pound
1996 [#71]
Cupro-nichel
1996 Olympics
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Olympic rings, stylized flames, olive branch, denomination above

1 Pound
1996 [#71a]
28.28g 925 silver
1996 Olympics
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Olympic rings, stylized flames, olive branch

1 Pound
1997 [#72]
Cupro-nichel
World Wildlife Fund - Conserving Nature
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Green turtle, denomination above

1 Pound
1997 [#72a]
28.28g 925 silver
Shielded arms within wreath, date below/Green turtle

2 Pounds
1999 [#73]
Bronz
Millennium
National arms and denomination at right/Three line inscription

2 Pounds
2000 [#73a]
15g 925 silver
Millennium
National arms and denomination/Three line inscription

1 Pound
2004 [#75]
Cupro-nichel
Cyprus Joins the European Union
National arms/Map in center with Triton trumpeting through a seashell

1 Pound
2004 [#75a]
28.28g 925 silver
Cyprus Joins the European Union
National arms/Map and Triton trumpeting through a sea shell

1 Pound
2005 [#76]
Cupro-nichel
National arms/Mediterranean Monk Seal

1 Pound
2005 [#76a]
28.28g 925 silver
National arms/Mediterranean Monk Seal

1 Pound
2006 [#77]
Cupro-nichel
National arms/Akamas Centaurea flowers

1 Pound
2006 [#77a]
28.28g 925 silver
National arms/Akamas Centaurea flowers

1 Pound
2007 [#86]
Cupro-nichel
50th Anniversary Treaty of Rome
National arms/Open Treaty Book

1 Pound
2002 [#96]
Cupro-nichel
National arms/Butterfly on branch

1 eurocent
2008 - 2012 [#78]
Otel placat cu cupru
Two Mouflons/Large value at left, globe at lower right

2 eurocent
2008 - 2012 [#79]
Otel placat cu cupru
Two Mouflons/Large value at left, globe at lower right

5 eurocent
2008 - 2012 [#80]
Otel placat cu cupru
Two Mouflons/Large value at left, globe at lower right

10 eurocent
2008 - 2012 [#81]
Alama
Early sailing boat/Modified outline of Europe at left, large value at right

20 eurocent
2008 - 2012 [#82]
Alama
Early sailing boat/Modified outline of Europe at left, large value at right

50 eurocent
2008 - 2012 [#83]
Alama
Early sailing boat/Modified outline of Europe at left, large value at right

1 Euro
2008 - 2012 [#84]
Bimetal
Ancient cross shaped idol discovered in the village of Pomos in the distrct of Paphos./Large value at left, modified outline of Europe at right

2 Euro
2008 - 2012 [#85]
Bimetal
Ancient cross shaped idol discovered in the village of Pomos in the distrct of Paphos./Large value at left, modified outline of Europe at right

5 Euro
2008 [#88]
28.28g 925 silver
Entry into Euro Zone
National arms/Euro band around outlined Europe and Cyprus

2 Euro
2009 [#89]
Bimetal
10th Anniversary of Euro
Ancient statue wearing a cross found in Solol/Childs drawing of a stick figure and 2E

1 Pound
1999 [#90]
Cupro-nichel
Cyprus Orchid

1 Pound
2000 [#91]
Cupro-nichel
Cyprus Bird

1 Pound
2000 [#92]
Cupro-nichel
Sydney Olympic Games

5 Euro
2010 [#94]
28.28g 925 silver
Republic of Cyprus, 50th Anniversary
National arms/Bird in stylized tree

2 Euro
2012 [#97]
Bimetal
Euro Coinage, 10th Anniversary
Euro symbol on globe, child-like rendering around

2 Euro
2012 [#98]
Bimetal
Cyprian presidency of European Council

See also:

Total of 129 coins from Cyprus in my personal collection.