Cypriot pound

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fiat currency former national currency

The Cypriot pound was the former national currency of Cyprus, used until it was replaced by the euro in 2008.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Λίρα Κύπρου 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency ⓘ
former national currency ⓘ
banknotesIssuedBy Central Bank of Cyprus ⓘ
category Currencies of Cyprus ⓘ
Currencies of Europe ⓘ
Obsolete currencies of Europe ⓘ
centralBank Central Bank of Cyprus ⓘ
coinsIssuedBy Central Bank of Cyprus ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Cyprus ⓘ
decimalizationDate 1955 ⓘ
denominationType banknotes ⓘ
coins ⓘ
endOfUse 1 January 2008 ⓘ
2008 ⓘ
exchangeRateFixingDate 10 July 2007 ⓘ
exchangeRateToEuroFixed 1 EUR = 0.585274 CYP ⓘ
formerCurrencyOf Cyprus ⓘ
introducedAsDecimalCurrency 1955 ⓘ
introducedBy British colonial administration in Cyprus ⓘ
ISO4217Code CYP ⓘ
legalTenderStatus no longer legal tender ⓘ
localName Cypriot pound self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Λίρα Κύπρου
monetaryAuthority Central Bank of Cyprus ⓘ
monetaryUnionReplacedBy European Union economic and monetary union ⓘ
surface form: Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union
officialName Cypriot pound self-link ⓘ
preDecimalSubunit piastre ⓘ
shilling ⓘ
preDecimalSystem 1 pound = 20 shillings = 180 piastres ⓘ
reasonForReplacement adoption of the euro ⓘ
replacedBy Euro ⓘ
surface form: euro
replacedByCurrencyCode EUR ⓘ
replacedInCountry Cyprus ⓘ
status obsolete currency ⓘ
subunit cent ⓘ
subunitName cent ⓘ
subunitToUnit 100 ⓘ
successorCurrency Euro ⓘ
surface form: euro
symbol £ ⓘ
usedFor accounting in Cyprus ⓘ
everyday transactions in Cyprus ⓘ
usedIn Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
surface form: British Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus

Cyprus ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Cyprus
usedInTimePeriod 20th century ⓘ
early 21st century ⓘ
usedUntil 31 December 2007 ⓘ
writingSystemForLocalName Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cyprus → formerCurrency → Cypriot pound ⓘ
Cypriot pound → localName → Cypriot pound self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Λίρα Κύπρου
Cypriot pound → officialName → Cypriot pound self-link ⓘ
Euro → replacedCurrency → Cypriot pound ⓘ