CYPRUS 45 PIASTRES 1928 SILVER CROWN COIN AU

CYPRUS 45 PIASTRES 1928 SILVER CROWN COIN AU

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Description

CYPRUS 45 PIASTRES 1928 SILVER CROWN COIN AU

Mintage: 80,000

Features

Issuer Cyprus 
King George V (1910-1936)
Type Circulating commemorative coin
Year 1928
Value 45 Piastres (¼)
Currency Pound (1879-1955)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 28.2759 g
Diameter 38 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number N# 15505
References KM# 19

Commemorative issue

50 Years of Cyprus under British Rule.

Obverse

Portrait of King George V

Script: Latin

Lettering: GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND: IMP:

Designer: Edgar Bertram MacKennal Read more on Wikipedia

 

Reverse

Two lions in centre.

This is derived from the Coat-of-Arms of the Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1878 * CYPRUS * 1928
K·G
·FORTY FIVE PIASTRES·

Designer: George Kruger Gray 

Edge

Milled