10 cents CYPRUS (1983)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
24.5 mm	5.5 g	1.75 mm	CuZnNi

obverse:

in the centre Cypriot Coat of Arms; along the top edge: • CYPRUS • ΚΥΠΡΟΣ • KIBRIS • (name of the country in English, Greek and Turkish); along the bottom edge year of issue: 1983

reverse:

a simplified image of a contemporary clay pitcher; above a convex face value: 10 (cents)

edge:

reeded

issue date:

1 X 1983

withdrawal date:

31 I 2008

designer:

Clara Zacharaki–Georgiou

mint:

The Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom

mintage:

1983	10 000 000

interesting facts:

A motif of a pitcher comes from the Pilavakis Pottery Museum founded in the ceramics and cultural centre of Cyprus - Phini village.

Pitcher from Phini

last update: 26 X 2012

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