Cyprus 1963 mil

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is the first coin issued by Cyprus after the queen's portrait was dropped from the coinage. It was accompanied by five, twenty-five, fifty and one hundred mils coins. This type was reissued in 1971-72. Cyprus, off the coast of Turkey, has been de facto partitioned between the Turkish north and the Greek center and south since the early 1970's.

Recorded mintage: 5,000,000 plus 25,000 proofs.

Specification: 0.75 g, aluminum, 18.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 38.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• Cyprus 1966 1/2 sovereign
• Cyprus 1966 sovereign
• Cyprus 1970 500 mils
• Coins and currency dated 1963
• return to coins of Cyprus