Rembrandt van Rijn was born in Leiden, Holland on 15th July 1606. His father was a miller and his mother the daughter of a banker. In 1631 he went to Amsterdam as a young printmaker, painter and etcher and opened a workshop taking on numerous…
In 1955, following many years of diplomatic efforts when Great Britain never accepted to discuss the question of self- determination (its answer was always a curt " the subject is closed""), and the United Nations for years did not make a stand, a…
Ιn 1969 the Society of Cypriot Studies was founded and the first International Congress of Cypriot Studies was held. The aim of the Society is to study and promote the archaeological, historical, philological and cultural heritage of Cyprus from…
The item shown is a 5 Cents coin. It was a coin belonging to the very first set of coins issued in 1961 for the newly formed Cyprus Republic after its declaration of independence in 16/08/1960
5 cents coin. In October 1983, a new decimal system was introduced and the Cyprus pound was divided into 100 cent. With the change of the decimal system the CBC placed in circulation new coins with nominal values of ½, 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 cent. In…