Cypriot coins found in circulation OUTSIDE Cyprus

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Received a 2008 € 1 coin today in Fiumicino Airport, Rome :flag-it: from a money changing machine.
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1 € 2008 in the numismatic and philatelic market of Milan, rest for me that the delaer has taken from one of its series of Cyprus coins.
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10c Cyprus found near a parking on Lesvos :flag-gr: , now spent in Antwerpen.
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Some local guy at the international airport in Sri Lanka asked to change some Euro coins into notes. One of the coins was a 2€ from Cyprus 8O .
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50 cent, received in sale for theatre tickets at my school(Ok, I am in charge of the money :D ). Dirty, poor condition.
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Found 50 cent again, this time at my local model railway club. The coin is in poor condition.
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found yesterday, in Voiron, Isère, Rhône-Alpes Region , in :flag-fr: , a 2€ 2008... :D
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My cousin brought me Cypriot 2€ 2008 coin from his vacation in Tenerife :flag-es:
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a 1c coin, from 2008 right now ! :D
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Si tu veux voler avec les aigles, éloigne-toi des paons. (proverbe d'origine inconnue)
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Got a €1 coin from 2008, a bit scratched tho, but interesting as well!
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Cyprus day today ! At the same time, from the same place, inside the same handful of small coins :
1c 2011 and 2c 2008
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My mother received a 20 cent coin on the market in Sulzbach :D . Already used, but nice to see a Cypriot coin from time to time :wink: .
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1€ from 2008, in a local gas station :D
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Si tu veux voler avec les aigles, éloigne-toi des paons. (proverbe d'origine inconnue)
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اتَّكَلْنا منه على خُصٍّ الاتحاد قوة, proverbe arabe
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Last week 10 Cent in my hometown.
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another 2c from Cyprus right now ! It was inside a quantity of dirty coins coming from my local Tourist Office. :D
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Si tu veux voler avec les aigles, éloigne-toi des paons. (proverbe d'origine inconnue)
千里之行 始于足下, proverbe chinois
اتَّكَلْنا منه على خُصٍّ الاتحاد قوة, proverbe arabe
ספר המעשיות: כולל אגדות וסיפורים מתוך קובץ כ"י ישן, proverbe sanskrit
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