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ATeraee rate of j
j
Exchange with i List of Coins Current.
Lomlon j
during the past | with relative valne
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Legal tender currency,
riving particulars and Legislative
Authoritv.
' Estimated
Amount of Coin in
Circulation*
Colonial
Government
Imperial
OttomanBank
GOLD.
Sovereign
cp. ! GOLD.
Valae in
Cyprus
piastres.
Limit
of
tender.
ISO
Sovereign
180 1
Siebt @ i o ; I Half-Sovereign — 90 ; Half-Sovereign
90
Discount
3 months
None
Turkish Lira = 162 j Turkish Lira
162 • j
E
i
French 20 Franc I French 20 Franc piece 142* /
piece •*•*•= 142i
!
SILVEB.
SILTEE.
Florin -=- 18 Florin
:..' IS
Shilling — 9 Shilling
.-. 9
Sixpence -= 4* Sixoence
1
Threepence •=- 2\ Threepence
2\
£3 =
540 piastres
BEONZE.
i BEONZE.
Piastres 40 paras j Piastre
40 paras
!
} do. .— 20 „ : ido i
20 „
I
i do. — 10 „ j x do
10 „
. 3s. = 2 7 piastre:
English Gold
£100,000
Turkish Liras
2,000
Napoleons
1,000
Enghsh Silver
£61.000
Authorized by Eer Majesty's Proclamation of
3rd May, 1SS2, published iu the Cyprus
Gazette No. S7 of the 17th June. 1SS2.
In force from lst August, 1SS2. by Proclamation
of His Excellency dated 12th June, 1SS2
Bronze.
£S.000
NOTE :—
Tiie above infor–
mation is op-
proximate.
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