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5 Pounds (1.3.1960) in green on multicolor unpt. Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right and map at lower right on face. S/N: "B/1 085763. Signature by Stephanie. WMK: Eagle head. Tirage: 250000 banknotes. Inside holder by PMG "About Uncirculated 53". The 5 Pounds note was the highest denomination from a fairly short-lived Cypriot series that was printed probably because of Cypriot officials concerns over potential future economic uncertainty and it was never released into general circulation. However, a small group (ten pieces perhaps) was put aside by the commissioner of currency (Christakis Stephani) as a memento. (Pick 36a).
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