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Average rate of
Exchange with
London
durin? the past
year
Imoerial
-m
Ottoman Bank
Sight @ £ <y
0
Discount,
3 months,
li %
List of Coins Current,
with relative ralue
GOLD.
Sovereign —-180
piascres = £l
SILVER.
Eighteen piastres*-- 2'-
Nine piastres =1/-
Fonr & a half piastres
=6d.
Three piastres =4d.
BRONZE.
Piastre — 40 paras
-lid.
£ do. — 20 paras
-|d.
J do. = 10 paras
=£d.
•
Legal tender currency,
-giving particulars and Legislative
Authoritj.
Value in
Cyprus
piastre?.
GOLD.
0
i
SILVER.
Eighteen piastres
18 .
Four & a half piastres.. 4£
BRONZE.
Piastre
40 paras
i do
20 „
i do
10 „
1
Limit
of
tender.
None
£3 —
540 piastres
3s. — 2 7 piastres
Authorized by Her late Majesty's Proclamation
of ITch September, 1900, published in the
Cyprus Gazette No. 689 of the 6th February,
1901.
In force from 30ch April, 1901, by Proclamation
of His Excellency dated 3rd January, 1901.
Estimated
Amount of Coin
in Circulation *
English Gold
£360,000 to
£370,000
Other Gold
£3,000
to
£4,000
Cyprus Silver
£67,-100
Bronze
£9,890
•
NOTE:—
The above in–
formation is
approximate.
•
Estimated Amoant
of Paper ilonej in
Circulation
Colonial
Govera–
ment
NI
•
Private
Bank
L.
•
* As estimated by tbe Receiver General.