CYPRUS 1/4 PIASTRE COIN 1895 QUEEN VICTORIA EXF

CYPRUS 1/4 PIASTRE COIN 1895 QUEEN VICTORIA EXF

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Description

CYPRUS QUARTER PIASTRE COIN 1895 QUEEN VICTORIA EXF

Rare Key date!

Mintage: 72,000 ONLY

Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1879-1901
Value 1/4 Piastre (1/720)
Currency Pound (1879-1955)
Composition Bronze
Weight 2.91 g
Diameter 21.8 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number N# 15555
References KM# 1

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 were struck at the mint of Ralph Heaton and Sons, Birmingham, England (now The Mint, Birmingham, Ltd.)

Lettering:
VICTORIA QUEEN
1884

Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon 

 

Reverse

1/4 within a circle of beads and in a circle the inscription: · CYPRUS · QUARTER PIASTRE

Lettering:
· CYPRUS ·
1
4
QUARTER PIASTRE