1 Xeros Ceros Pattern

Akrotiri and Dhekelia — the two Sovereign Base Areas retained by Britain after Cypriot independence in 1960 — have never issued currency for general circulation. The resident population uses the euro. This copper pattern is one of a small series of fantasy pieces produced around 2010 exploring what a coinage for the SBAs might theoretically look like, with denominations named in the invented "Xeros Ceros" unit, itself a play on the Xeros River running through the western SBA.

No monetary authority sanctioned it. Collector curiosity, not policy, produced this piece.