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.-.Terat-e rate ot |
Exchange wich | List of Coins Current,
London
dunne the past
year
vrith relative value
Legal tender currency,
giving particulars and Legislative
Authoritj.
Estimated
; Amount of Coin
• in Circulation *
Sight @ £ %
co 1%
Discount,
3 months,
1 ?*9 above the
official rate of
the Bank of
England
GOLD.
*
Sovereign =180
piastres = £1
SILVER.
Eighteen piascres=21-
Nine piastres -= 1 /-
Four & a half piastres
= 6 d .
Three piastres = 4d.
BRONZE.
Piastre =
* do. =
i do. =
•to paras
20 paras
=§d.
10 paras
=*d.
GOLD.
Sovereign
Value in
Cyprus
piastres.
Limit
of
tender.
180 \
None
S I L V E R .
Eighteen piastres
Nine piastres
Four .fc a half piastres.
Three piastres
18
s
9
3
English Gold
£295,000
Other Gold
£1,000
---3 -=
mm-fmj — -
540 Diascres
BRONZE.
Piastre 40 paraa
k do 20 „
\ do 10 „
3s. = 2. piastres
Authorized by Her late Majesty's Proclamation
of 17 th September, 1900, published in the
Cyprus Gazettt No. 689 of the 6th February,
1901.
In force from 30th April, 1901, by Proclamation
of His Excellency dated 3rd January, 1901.
Currency Notes: t
£5 value
10- „
o/- ,,
+
£ 1 0
£ 1 ,,
10/- ,.
(OOOcp.) )
(90,.)/
(« ,, ) (
(1,800,,)(
(1*0 „ )
(90,,)]
None
Cyprus Silver
£75,000
Bronze
£10,175
N O T E : —
The above in–
formation is
approximate.
£
112,720
59,622
49,386
56,000
22,999
3.000
* As estimated by the Treasurer.
f* Authorised by Proclamation, under Martial Law, of the High Commissioner dated 2nd September, 1915.
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l
' „
5th September, 1917.