MODERN COINS AND BANKNOTES OF CYPRUS MAJOR F PRIDMORE
OUT OF PRINT SINCE 1974, VERY RARE AND COLLECTABLE
- 323 PAGES WITH ANALYTICALLY DETAILS OF ALL BANKNOTES AND COIN ISSUES OF CYPRUS 1879-1974
- OUT OF PRINT SINCE 1974, A VERY RARE COLLECTABLE ISSUE
- BRAND NEW
PUBLISHED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF CYPRUS IN DECEMBER 1974. TITLED 'MODERN COINS AND NOTES OF CYPRUS' BY MAJOR F.PRIDMORE. MAJOR PRIDMORE'S WORK STARTS WITH THE YEAR 1878,WHEN THE BRITISH TOOK OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ISLAND.FROM THE EARLY YEARS OF BRITISH OCCUPATION,WHEN THE COINS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND OTHER FOREIGN COINS WERE STILL IN CIRCULATION,THE AUTHOR CARRIES US THROUGH THE TWO WORLD WARS TO THE YEAR 1960,WHEN THE ISLAND BECAME INDEPENDENT AND THE FIRST COINS AND NOTES OF THE REPUBLIC WERE ISSUED. WITHIN THIS BOOK ARE MANY ILLUSTRATIONS OF COINS AND BANKNOTES A MUST FOR THOSE AVID COLLECTORS.