5 Pounds

Features

Issuer Cyprus
King George VI (1936-1952)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1938-1951
Value 5 Pounds
Currency Pound (1879-1955)
Composition Paper
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
217780
References P# 25
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Dark green on yellow and light green underprint.
Denomination in three languages (English, Greek and Ottoman Turkish) and signature at left, portrait of George VI and value in numeral form at right.

Scripts: Arabic, Greek, Latin

Lettering:
G/3 027303

ΠΕΝΤΕ ΛΙΡΑΙ بش ليرا
FIVE POUNDS
ISSUED BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS
£5
2nd February 1942

COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY
G/3 027303
THOS. DE LA RUE & Co. LTD, LONDON

Reverse

Dark green.
Badge of British Cyprus at left, issuer name at lower right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS

Watermark

Griffin at upper left, text "FIVE POUNDS" beneath, text "CYPRUS GOVERNMENT" at bottom.

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

Comments

For similar notes dated 1953 with Turkish denomination given in Latin script, see P# 32.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1938-Sep-01 
1939-Sep-01 
1941-Jul-31 
1942-Feb-02 
1942-May-01 
1943-Jan-22 
1944-Sep-15 
1945-Aug-10 
1945-Oct-25 
1946-Sep-23 
1947-Oct-06 
1949-Jan-01 
1949-Sep-01 
1949-Nov-01 
1951-Sep-30 

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