half (½) piastre CYPRUS (British) (1949)

1/2 piastre 1949 - Cypriot coins (British)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:	shape:
19.6 mm	2.55 g	1.4 mm	CuZnSn	scalloped dodecagon

obverse:

in the centre head of King Geogre VI facing left; along the edge: : GEORGIVS SEXTVS DEI GRATIA REX (in Latin: George the Sixth, by the grace of God, King)

reverse:

in the centre a large face value: 1/2 (half of piastre); along the bottom edge: HALF PIASTRE • and year of issue: 1949; along the top edge: • CYPRVS • (Cyprus)

edge:

plain

issue date:

withdrawal date:

1955

designer:

Percy Metcalfe (initials PM below King's head on the obverse)

mint:

The Royal Mint, London, United Kingdom

mintage:

1949

1 080 000

last update: 26 X 2012

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