50 cents CYPRUS (1991-2004)
| diameter: | weight: | thickness: | alloy: | shape: |
| 26.0 mm | 7.0 g | 1.8 mm | CuNi | heptagon |
obverse:
in the centre Cypriot Coat of Arms with small shield; along the top edge: • CYPRUS • ΚΥΠΡΟΣ • KIBRIS • (name of the country in English, Greek and Turkish); along the bottom edge year of issue
reverse:
in the centre head in a squared frame image of a mythical god Zeus in the form of bull kidnapping Europe; in two lines inscription in Cypriot syllabary: 
/ 
(King Timocharis); below a face value: 50 (cents)
/ (King Timocharis); below a face value: 50 (cents)
edge:
plain
issue date:
1991
withdrawal date:
31 I 2008
designer:
Clara Zacharaki–Georgiou
mint:
The Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom
mintage:
| 1991 | 3 005 000 |
| 1993 | 300 000 |
| 1994 | 500 000 |
| 1996 | 5 000 000 |
| 1998 | 5 000 000 |
| 2002 | 7 000 000 |
| 2004 | 5 000 000 |
interesting facts:
The motif of the reverse is taken from obols and staters of ancient Cypriot Kingdom of Marion from 4th century BC. Example of such an obol with a head of mythical god Apollo on the obverse.
last update: 26 X 2012
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