cyprus bank notes - colonial period

George V - 10 Pounds 1917 design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  30 June 1917 W. A. Bowring A/1 10 000        
  1 September W. A. Bowring A/1 50 000        

George V - 5 Pounds 1914 local design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  10 September 1914 WAY. Bowring serial no. 3 400        
    J. C. D. Fenn serial no. inc. above        
    S. Fisher serial no. inc. above        
    H. C. Lucach serial no. inc. above        

George V - 5 Pounds 1914 design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  30 October 1914 WAY. Bowring A/1 2 000        
  6 November 1914 WAY. Bowring B/1 2 000        
  1 September 1916 WAY. Bowring C/1 2 000        

George V - 5 Pounds 1917 design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  1 August 1926 Ed. du Boulay D/1 40 000        
  1 November 1927 Ed. du Boulay D/1 40 000        

George V - 5 Pounds 1930 design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  2 January 1930 Ed. du Boulay E/1 40 000        
  2 January 1936 W. H. Flinn E/2 20 000        

George V - 1 Pound 1914 local design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  10 September 1914 W. A. Bowring serial no 18 000        
    J. C. D. Fenn   inc. above        
    S. Fisher   inc. above        
    H. C. Lucach   inc. above        

George V - 1 Pound 1914 design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  30 October 1914 W. A. Bowring A/1 30 000        
  6 November 1914 W. A. Bowring B/1 30 000        

George V - 1 Pound 1917 design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  30 June 1917 W. A. Bowring A/1 200 000        
      A/2 inc. above        
  1 March 1918 W. A. Bowring A/3 100 000        
  1 September 1919 W. A. Bowring A/4 100 000        
  1 April 1922 W. A. Bowring A/5 100 000        
  1 May 1923 W. A. Bowring A/6 100 000        
  1 July 1924 W. A. Bowring A/7 100 000        
  1 July 1925 Ed. du Boulay A/8 100 000        

George V - 1 Pound 1917 design variation

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  1 April 1926 Ed. du Boulay A/9 100 000        
  1 May 1926 Ed. du Boulay A/10 100 000        
  1 July 1927 Ed. du Boulay A/11 100 000        
  1 October 1928 Ed. du Boulay A/12 100 000        

George V - 1 Pound 1930 design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  2 January 1930 Ed. du Boulay B/1 500 000        
      B/2 inc. above        
      B/3 inc. above        
      B/4 inc. above        
      B/5 inc. above        
  1 September 1934 A. B. Wright B/6 100 000        
  3 September 1935 W. H. Flinn B/7 100 000        
  2 January 1936 W. H. Flinn C/1 250 000        
      C/2 inc. above        
      C/3 inc. above        

George V - 10 Shillings 1930 design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  1 August 1933 H. J. Pink B/1 100 000        
  1 September 1934 A. B. Wright B/2 100 000        
  2 January 1936 W. H. Flinn C/1 250 000        
      C/2 inc. above        
      C/3 inc. above        

George V - 5 Shillings 1914 design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
30 October 1914 W. A. Bowring A/1 120 000        
  6 November 1914 W. A. Bowring A/2 inc. above        
  6 November 1914 W. A. Bowring B/1 120 000        
      B/2 inc. above        

George V - 5 Shillings 1917 design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  1 December 1917 W. A. Bowring A/1 200 000        
      B/1 inc. above        
  1 March 1918 W. A. Bowring A/3 200 000        
      A/4 inc. above        

George V - 2 Shillings

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
1 March 1920 W. A. Bowring A/1

300 000

   

2 700*

 
      A/2 inc. above        
      A/3 inc. above        
* The price is in Pounds Sterling and was realized during a Spinks live auction 14/06/2007

George V - 1 Shilling 1919 emergency issue 5/- mutilated and overprinted

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  12 November 1919 W. A. Bowring serial no.

60 000

       

George V - 1 Shilling 1920 design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  1 March 1920 W. A. Bowring A/1 600 000        
      A/2 inc. above        
      A/3 inc. above        
      A/4 inc. above        
      A/5 inc. above        
      A/6 inc. above        

 

George VI - 5 Pounds 1930 design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  1 September 1938 H. C. Ley E/1 20 000        
1 September 1939 G. F. Wilson G/1 20 000      

2600*

  31 July 1941 G. F. Wilson G/2 45 000        
  2 February 1942 H. C. Ley G/3 55 000        
   1 May 1942 G. F. Wilson G/4 60 000        
  22 January 1943 G. F. Wilson G/5 174 000        
      G/6 inc. above        
  15 September 1944 G. F. Wilson G/7 72 000        
  10 August 1945 G. F. Wilson G/8 69 000        
  20 October 1945 G. F. Wilson G/9 70 000        
  23 September 1946 C. Thomas G/10 67 000    

700.00

 
  6 October 1947 C. Thomas H/1 100 000        
  1 January 1949 S. M. Rich H/2 215 000        
1 September 1949 S. M. Rich H/3 100 000        
  1 November 1949 S. M. Rich H/4 223 000        
  30 September 1951 S. M. Rich H/5 500 000        
*The price is in Pounds Sterling and was realized during a Spinks Live Auction 14/06/2007

George VI - 5 Pounds new Turkish characters

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  1 November 1953 S. M. Rich H/6 424 000        
      H/7 inc. above        

 

George VI - 1 Pound 1930 design

Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  12 May 1937 W. H. Flinn D/1 300 000        
  1 September 1938 H. C. Ley E/1 300 000        
1 September 1939 G. F. Wilson F/1 500 000        
  30 September 1941 G. F. Wilson F/2 100 000        
  2 February 1942 H. C. Ley F/3 618 000        
  1 May 1942 G. F. Wilson F/4 924 000        
      F/5 inc. above        
22 January 1943 G. F. Wilson F/6 1 256 000

180.00

208.50

315.00

   
      F/7 inc. above

147.00

     
  25 November 1944 G. F. Wilson F/8 206 000        
  20 October 1945 G. F. Wilson F/9 212 000        
6 October 1947 C. Thomas F/10 530 000

290.85

224.00

 

380*

  15 September 1948 C. Thomas F/11 530 000  

500.00

   
  1 September 1949 S. M. Rich F/12 511 000        
  15 June 1950 S. M. Rich G/1 500 000        
1 November 1950 S. M. Rich G/2 1 025 000

204.00

     
      G/3 inc. above        
  30 September 1951 S. M. Rich G/4 2 000 000

(G)100.00

 

405.00

 
      G/5 inc. above        
* The price is in Pounds Sterling and was realized during a Spinks Live Auction 14/06/2007

George VI - 10 Shillings 1930 design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  12 May 1937 W. H. Flinn D/1 200 000        
  1 September 1938 H. C. Ley E/1 200 000        
  1 September 1939 G. F. Wilson F/1 200 000        
  2 February 1942 H. C. Ley F/2 200 000        
  1 May 1942 G. F. Wilson F/3 321 000        
      F/4 inc. above        
  23 September 1946 C. Thomas F/5 205 000        
  6 October 1947 C. Thomas F/6 520 000        
  15 September 1948 C. Thomas F/7 530 000

340.00

356.00

     
  1 November 1950 S. M. Rich F/8 500 000        

George VI - 10 Shillings new Turkish characters

Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
1 September 1953 S. M. Rich F/9 100 000        
  31 July 1954 D. J. Mahoney F/10 200 000        

George VI - 5 Shillings

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  3 January 1939 H. C. Ley C/1 100 000        
  1 September 1939 G. F. Wilson D/1 100 000   117.50    
  29 May 1940 G. F. Wilson D/2 200 000        
  30 August 1941 G. F. Wilson D/3 200 000      

1100.00

2 February 1942 H. C. Ley D/4 200 000        
  1 May 1942 G. F. Wilson D/5 365 000        
      D/6 inc. above        
  25 November 1944 G. F. Wilson D/7 200 000        
  10 August 1945 G. F. Wilson D/8 200 000

51.00

     
  20 October 1945 G. F. Wilson D/9 200 000        
  28 July 1947 C. Thomas D/10 200 000

57.00

     
  6 October 1947 C. Thomas E/1 400 000

66.00

     
  31 January 1950 S. M. Rich F/1 400 000        
  1 November 1950 S. M. Rich F/2 500 000

101.00

118.50

152.00

   

George VI - 5 Shillings new Turkish characters

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
1 February 1952 S. M. Rich F/3

500 000

 

102.50

152.50

   

George VI - 2 Shillings 1939 design

Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  3 January 1939 H. C. Ley B/1 100 000        
  1 September 1939 G. F. Wilson C/1 100 000        
  29 May 1940 G. F. Wilson C/2 500 000

100.00

405.00

   
30 August 1941 G. F. Wilson C/3 500 000

(very poor)2.80

67.00

 

225.00

 
  1 May 1942 G. F. Wilson C/4 765 000  

145.00

   
    C/5 inc. above

82.00

207.00

   
      C/6 inc. above  

167.50

250.60

   
  25 November 1944 G. F. Wilson C/7 250 000        
  10 August 1945 G. F. Wilson C/8 250 000  

62.00

   
23 September 1946 C. Thomas C/9 200 000

78.00

     
  30 April 1947 C. Thomas C/10 200 000        
  25 August 1947 C. Thomas D/1 500 000

89.00

     

 

George VI - 1Shilling 1939 design

Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  3 January 1939 H. C. Ley B/1 100 000        
  1 September 1939 G. F. Wilson C/1 1 000 0000   85.00    
29 May 1940 G. F. Wilson C/2 1 000 000 (G)46.00

81.00

154.50    
30 August 1941 G. F. Wilson C/3 1 000 000 46.00

102.50

56.00 145.50  
1 May 1942 G. F. Wilson C/4 1 024 000 (G)53.00

72.00

104.00 134.00  
    G. F. Wilson C/5 inc. above 122.50 104.50 268.00  
  25 November 1944 G. F. Wilson C/6 500 000        
10 August 1945 G. F. Wilson C/7 500 000       785.00
1 November 1946 C. Thomas C/8 500 000 46.00

118.50

139.00    
30 April 1947 C. Thomas C/9 500 000 (G)27.00 139.00    
25 August 1947 C. Thomas D/1 500 000 280.00 125.00   690.00
 

George VI - 3 Piastres overprint on 1/-

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
released 16 February 1943 G. F. Wilson C/3

?

   

830.00

1000.00

George VI - 3 Piastres 1/- cut and overprinted

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
1 March 1943 G. F. Wilson C/3

?

276.00

415.00

 

750.00

George VI - 3 Piastres 1943 design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
18 June 1943 G. F. Wilson A/1 500 000 103.50 103.50

105.00

115.00 265.00
6 April 1944 G. F. Wilson A/2 500 000 (G)18.40

45.00

51.00 113.50

183.00

 
  15 September 1944 G. F. Wilson A/3 500 000        
  25 November 1944 G. F. Wilson A/4 500 000        

Elizabeth II - 5 Shillings 1952 design

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
1 September 1952 S. M. Rich G/1

500 000

232.00

     

Elizabeth II - 5 Pounds

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  1 June 1955 D. J. Mahoney A/1 1 200 000  

500.00

500.00 1600.00
      A/2 inc. above   465.00   1475.00
1 February 1956 D. J. Mahoney A/3 500 000        
      A/4 inc. above        
  1 March 1957 D. J. Mahoney A/5 200 000        
  15 March 1958   A/6 500 000        
      A/7 inc. above        
  1 March 1960   B/1 250 000        

Elizabeth II - 1 Pound

Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  1 June 1955 D. J. Mahoney A/1 3 000 000        
      A/2 inc. above

(G)117.50

(G)157.50

 

255.00

 
    A/3 inc. above

(G)105.00

114.50

495.00

360.00

 
    A/4 inc. above   152.00    
      A/5 inc. above        
      A/6 inc. above        
      A/7 inc. above        
      A/8 inc. above        
      A/9 inc. above        
      A/10 inc. above

(Good)76.00

148.35

     
      A/11 inc. above

157.50

     
      A/12 inc. above

147.50

     
  1 February 1956 D. J. Mahoney A/13 2 000 000

152.50

213.00

     
      A/14 inc. above

202.50

     
      A/15 inc. above

(VG)140.00

     
      A/16 inc. above        
      A/17 inc. above        
      A/18 inc. above        
      A/19 inc. above        
      A/20 inc. above        
  1 March 1957 D. J. Mahoney A/21 1 500 000        
      A/22 inc. above        
      A/23 inc. above        
      A/24 inc. above        
      A/25 inc. above        
      A/26 inc. above        

Elizabeth II - 500 Mils

specimen 1955 poor - 76

specimen 1955crisp but cut 90

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  1 June 1955 D. J. Mahoney A/1 1 100 000        
      A/2 inc. above        
      A/3 inc. above

177.00

     
      A/4 inc. above

76.00

 

290.00

 
      A/5 inc. above        
  1 February 1956 D. J. Mahoney A/6 500 000

141.50

     
      A/7 inc. above

120.00

   

405.00

1 March 1957 D. J. Mahoney A/8 750 000

230.00

265.00

   
      A/9 inc. above  

157.50

   
      A/10 inc. above        

 

Elizabeth II - 250 Mils

  Date signatory index mintage F VF EF UNC
  1 June 1955 D. J. Mahoney A/1 1 500 000    

190.50

 
      A/2 inc. above  

176.00

   
      A/3 inc. above

100.00

     
      A/4 inc. above  

178.35

   
      A/5 inc. above

(G)41.00

 

405.00

 
    A/6 inc. above

99.00

117.5

111.00

   
  1 February 1956 D. J. Mahoney A/7 500 000

(P)67.66

118.00

120.85

153.00

660.00

455.00

      A/8 inc. above

108.00

140.00

     
  1 March 1957 D. J. Mahoney A/9 500 000

75.00

   

356.00

      A/10 inc. above      

500.00

1 March 1960 C. C. Stephani A/11 250 000