A listing of postage stamps of Cyprus depicting coins.
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1928 February 1
Cyprus
3/4-piaster postage stamp part of a set commemorating the 50th year of Cyprus as a British Colony.
The stamp depicts a silver coin of Amathus.
Catalog numbers: Michel 108; Scott 114; Stanley Gibbons 123
Approximate value: US$1.10.
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1955 August 1
Cyprus
25-milliemes postage stamp depicts a coin of Paphos;
500-milliemes stamp depicts four coin devices of Cyprus;
1-pound stamp depicts four coin devices of Byzantium, Lusignan, Ottoman Empire, and Venice.
Catalog numbers: Scott 174,181-82
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1960 August 16
Cyprus
Stamps of 1955 overprinted for new republic.
25-milliemes postage stamp depicts a coin of Paphos;
500-milliemes stamp depicts four coin devices of Cyprus;
1-pound stamp depicts four coin devices of Byzantium, Lusignan, Ottoman Empire, and Venice.
Catalog numbers: Scott 189,196-97
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1966 November 21
Cyprus
Two postage stamps depict ancient coins.
20-milliemes stamp depicts a silver coin of 4th century BC;
50-milliemes stamp depicts a silver coin of Alexander the Great.
Catalog numbers: Michel 277,283; Scott 282,287; Yvert 269,274; Stanley Gibbons 287,292
Approximate value: US$1.60.
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1972 September 25
Cyprus
Four postage stamps depict silver staters of Cyprus.
20-milliemes stamp depicts Apollo, Marion, 5th century BC;
30-milliemes stamp depicts Eagle's head, Paphos, circa 460 BC;
40-milliemes stamp depicts Pallos Athena, Lapithos, 388-387 BC;
100-milliemes stamp depicts Sphinx and lotus flower, Idalion, about 460 BC.
Catalog numbers: Michel 380-83; Scott 386-89; Yvert 372-75; Stanley Gibbons 393-96
Approximate value: US$1.80.
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1974 April 29
Cyprus
Three postage stamps for the Europa issue, depicting a silver stater of Marion, 5th century BC.
The stamp denominations are 10, 40, and 150 millimes.
Catalog numbers: Michel 409-11; Scott 416-18; Yvert 401-03; Stanley Gibbons 423-25
Approximate value: US$2.90.
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1977 June 13
Cyprus
25th anniversary of reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
120-milliemes stamp depicts 1960 Cyprus stamp showing four coin devices of Cyprus.
Catalog numbers: Michel 467; Scott 478
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1977 June 13
Cyprus
Four postage stamps depicting ancient coins of Cyprus.
10-milliemes stamp depicts a silver tetradrachm of Demetrios Poliorcetes;
40-milliemes stamp depicts a bronze coin of Emperor Trajan;
60-milliemes stamp depicts a silver tetradrachm of Ptolomy VII;
100-milliemes stamp depicts a gold octodrachm of Arsinoell.
Catalog numbers: Michel 486-89; Scott 479-82; Yvert 463-66; Stanley Gibbons 486-89
Approximate value: US$1.20.
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1983 May 3
Cyprus
Europa issue.
200-milliemes stamp depicts copper ore ingot (Enkomi 1400-1200BC).
Catalog numbers: Scott 596; Stanley Gibbons 603
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2002 September 22
Cyprus
Two postage stamps for the Cyprus-Europhilex 02 Philatelic Exhibition.
20-cent stamp depicts a silver coin of Timoharis, 5th-4th century BC;
20-cent stamp depicts a silver coin of Stasioikos, 449 BC.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1000-01; Scott 996b-c; Stanley Gibbons 1039-40
Approximate value: US$2.50.
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2008 October 2
Cyprus
43-cent stamp depicts coin from Archaic period, 750-480 BCE;
43-cent stamp depicts coin from Hellenistic period.
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2009 March 12
Cyprus
51-cent stamp depicts 1-cent coin;
68-cent stamp depicts 2-euro coin.
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