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10 Shillings / Selinia / Şilin
| Issuer | Government of Cyprus |
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| Year | 1917-1922 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Watermarked paper |
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Cyprus came under British administration in 1878 and was formally annexed as a Crown Colony in 1914, following the Ottoman Empire's entry into the war on the German side. Currency arrangements lagged behind the political transition, and this note — issued across a five-year window rather than a single dated series — reflects the improvised nature of colonial monetary administration during and immediately after the First World War.
De La Rue's involvement here is straightforward contract work, nothing technically unusual for the printer. What's worth noting is the trilingual denomination line, acknowledging Greek and Turkish communities simultaneously — a political balancing act that would grow considerably more fraught in subsequent decades.