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[Bill]

Guys,
How long will the old cyprus pounds still be in circulation?

One month dual pricing from the 1st of Jan ~ you can pay in CY£ but your change will be in Euros.

Then after that you will have to take your CYP to the bank who I believe will still change notes for up to 10 years .

So you can obviously empty the mattress slowly over that period but the tax man will probably be looking at large or regular CYP deposits / exchanges during that time.

Bill

[BC Numismatics]

If the notes are not written on,ripped,or soiled,then you can offer them to a coin dealer.That way,you can keep some Cypriot notes in the collectors' market,as there are collectors both within Cyprus & overseas who are interested in Cypriot notes.

There are also collectors who would gladly buy up the old Cypriot coins,as there is a very strong interest in the numismatic history of the British Commonwealth.

Aidan.

[Bill]

The coins in circulation at the moment are not commonwealth coins ~ they are coins of the ROC .

I have quite a few coins of various values dating from the commonwealth era ~ I wouldn't have said that they were that sought after.

Bill

[BC Numismatics]

Bill,Cyprus is a member state of the British Commonwealth,therefore,the coins of the Republic of Cyprus are British Commonwealth coins anyway!

I have got quite a few coins of the Colony of Cyprus in my own collection.I bought a scarce silver 18 Piastres dated 1921 from a coin dealer in Australia a few weeks ago.

Aidan.

[webbo]

You might be interested to know that as of today you can get a mixed bag of the new euro coins from banks. The bag is worth ten Cyprus pounds. I got my bag this morning.

Any coins I get I will spend, spend, spend!
Bubbles x

[cyprusgrump]

Do any of the new coins fit the shopping trolleys at the supermarkets?

[webbo]

Do any of the new coins fit the shopping trolleys at the supermarkets?

Do not know, I do not have any yet but I doubt it!!!!

Maybe by February/ March !!!!!

B x

[BC Numismatics]

The Euro coins of both Cyprus & Malta aren't legal tender until New Year's Day,which is why you can't start spending them yet.

I will be getting a set of both the Cypriot & Maltese Euro coins for my collection,as I have been collecting the Euro coins from Ireland since they came out back in 2002.

Aidan.

[cyprusgrump]

The Euro coins of both Cyprus & Malta aren't legal tender until New Year's Day,which is why you can't start spending them yet.

I will be getting a set of both the Cypriot & Maltese Euro coins for my collection,as I have been collecting the Euro coins from Ireland since they came out back in 2002.

Aidan.

[BC Numismatics]

What is that supposed to mean?

Aidan.