Cypriot pound
Cypriot pound: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
- Ancestry branch
- Sterling
Where this money came from
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The story
The Cyprus pound was divided into 1, 000 mils. [1]
Turning points
Account-unit observation
Covered shilling references inCyprus laws/documents meantCyprusshilling/9piastres;contracts defaulted locallegalcurrency. [2]
Subdivision change
Cyprus replaced mils with 100 cents to the same pound. Subdivision change, not a hundredfold rescaling of pounds. [3]
Euro monetary substitution
1 EUR = 0.585274 CYP. Cyprus: euro adoption 2008-01-01; cash 2008-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined. [4] [5] [6]
Euro cash changeover
Cyprus: euro adoption 2008-01-01; cash 2008-01-01. [5]
Sources and evidence
- Eleni Zapiti / International Numismatic Commission · Modern Coins of Cyprus (1878–2008), Survey of Numismatic Research 2008–2013 C874 ↗
- Government of Cyprus · Currency Law 1949, No13 C1484 ↗
- Eleni Zapiti / International Numismatic Commission · Modern Coins of Cyprus (1878–2008), Survey of Numismatic Research 2008–2013 C875 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C688 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C689 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C646 ↗
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“Cypriot pound.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000800.html