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[BC Numismatics]

Here's a thread that will be of interest to the coin collectors here.It is about the coins of Cyprus,which have been issued at various times since 1879.

The currency systems have been as follows;

9 Piastres = 1 Shilling & 20 Shillings = 1 Pound (1879-1955).

1,000 Mils = 1 Pound (1955-1982).

100 Cents = 1 Pound (1983-2007).

100 Euro-Cents = 1 Euro (from 1.1.2008).

Aidan.

[boomerang]

yeah but do you know what a bakira is nadiA

or how many bakires to the pound?

or how many mils to the bakira?

or how many bakires to the shilling?

[BC Numismatics]

Boomerang,tell us then.You can use www.imageshack.us or www.photobucket.com to post up your coin photos.

Aidan.

[boomerang]

wrong forum nadiA

[BC Numismatics]

Boomerang,stop being an idiot! Stop spelling my name backwards.

Aidan.

[denizaksulu]

yeah but do you know what a bakira is nadiA

or how many bakires to the pound?

or how many mils to the bakira?

or how many bakires to the shilling?

Bakira = copper (Bakir = copper in Turkish)

the piastres were made of mainly copper,so eina bakira = one piastre. That is my recollection. But a 'Numismatist' might correct me, if wrong.

[BC Numismatics]

Deniz,here's a couple of links; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_Cyprus & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypriot_pound .The nicknames are spelled out in the Greek alphabet with no translation into the English alphabet though.

Aidan.

[denizaksulu]

Deniz,here's a couple of links; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_Cyprus & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypriot_pound .The nicknames are spelled out in the Greek alphabet with no translation into the English alphabet though.

Aidan.

Thanks for the link BCN. Its obvious that the word Bakira/bakires is a throw back to the Ottoman times.

[boomerang]

10 bakires = 1 selini
200 bakires = 1 pound

I still got some of these coins somewhere at home...

[Bill]

I still got some of these coins somewhere at home...

Oh dear ~~~~~ wrong answer boomerang

He will be creaming his jeans now and wanting you to gve him one

Bill