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Arerage rate of
Exchange with
London
daring the past
year
Sight @ \<fr
to 1 %
Discount.
3 months.
1 % above the
official rate of
the Bank of
England
-^*
l
List of Coins Current.
with relative value
GOLD.
Sovereign =180
piastres = £1
X
-\
\
1
S I L V E R .
Eighteen piastres=2 -
Nine piastres = I -
Four & a half piastres
=6d.
Three piastres =4d.
i
T
•
B R O N Z E .
Piastre = 40 paras
= l*d.
$ do. = 20 paras
= §d.
i do. = 10 paras
Legal tender currency,
giving particulars and Legislative
Authority.
Value in
• Cyprus
piastres.
GOLD.
/
SILVER.
Eighteen piastres
18 .
Nine piastres
9
• Four & a half piastrea..* i_
i
I
i
BRONZE.
i do
20 „
i do
10 „
Limit
of
tender.
None
£3 =
540 piastres .
3s. = 27 piastres
Authorized by Her late Majesty's Proclamation
of 17 th September. 1900, published in the
Cyprus Gazetu No. 639 of the 6th February,
1901.
In force from 30th April, 1901, by Proclamation
of His Excellency dated 3rd January, 1901.
Cuirency Notes: t
£5 value
900cp. )
K) ,;
90,. [ None
5/ „
-45,, )
Estimated
Amount of Coin
in Circulation "
English Gold
£300,000
Other Gold
£6,000
7.
-
•-
Cyprus Silver
£75.000*
Broure
£10,175
NOTE :—
The above in–
formation is
appro*dmate.
.
Estimated Amount
of Paper Money in
Circulation
Colonial
Govern–
ment
NI
*?
9
•
£353
Pri- !
vate
Banks
L.
1
j
!
i
1
i
i
• 1
i
i
• • j
1
i
i
i
i
i
1
j
. i
i
i
1
• As estimated by che Treasurer.
t Authorised by Proclamation, under Martial Law, of the High Commissioner dated 2nd September 1915.