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3 Piastres
| Issuer | Government of Cyprus |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Reference(s) | P#26 |
| Obverse description | Central vignette of King George VI, with the original denomination overprinted and crossed out, replaced by a new denomination overprint in English, Greek, and Arabic scripts. The note carries trilingual legends across its face reflecting the colonial administration of Cyprus. The crossed-out original value and superimposed new denomination are the defining characteristics of this wartime provisional issue. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by an intricate multicolour guilloche pattern in red, green, and teal, with a large black numeral "3" overprinted at centre. A red banner across the middle carries the legend "GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS" in white letterpress, and the numeral "3" appears in black at each of the four corners against the guilloche underprint. |
| Reverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS 3 |
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