CYPRUS 1/2 PIASTRE 1900 RARE KEY DATE COIN
Mintage: 36,000 Low!!
Type | Standard circulation coin |
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Years | 1879-1900 |
Value | 1/2 Piastre (1/360) |
Currency | Pound (1879-1955) |
Composition | Bronze |
Weight | 5.83 g |
Diameter | 27.5 mm |
Shape | Round |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Demonetized | Yes |
Number | N# 20994 |
References | KM# 2 |
Obverse
Queen facing left wearing a coronet with a decoration of oak leaves and scrolls. Date below
Note: 1881H and 1882H. A small H above the date indicates that those coins was struck at the mint of Ralph Heaton and Sons, Birmingham, England (now The Mint, Birmingham, Ltd.)
Lettering:
VICTORIA QUEEN
1887
Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon
Reverse
1/2 within a circle of beads and in a circle the inscription: · CYPRUS · HALF PIASTRE
Lettering:
CYPRUS
1
2
HALF PIASTRE