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Country: Cyprus, Great Britain Rules
Queen: Victoria (1879-1901)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Mintage: 150,000
Years: 1879
Value: 1/4 Piastre (1/720)
Currency: Pound (1879-1955)
Composition: Bronze
Weight: 2.9 g.
Diameter: 21.8 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Grade: XF
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized: Yes
References: KM# 1
Obverse:
Queen facing left wearing a coronet with a decoration of oak leaves and scrolls. Date below.
Lettering:
VICTORIA QUEEN
1879
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
Edge:
Smooth.
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.)
Reference : KM# 1
Source : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1...
Collection : Victoria - Queen Empress (1837-1901) of Great Britain & British India