Victoria - 1/2 Piastre 1890 - Cyprus

Country:  Cyprus, Great Britain Rules
Queen: Victoria (1879-1901)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Mintage: 180,000
Years: 1890
Value: 1/2 Piastre (1/360)
Currency: Pound (1879-1955)
Composition: Bronze 
Weight: 5.6 g.
Diameter: 27.5 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Grade: VG (Damaged)
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized: Yes
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
1890

Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon 

Reverse:
1/2 within a circle of beads and the legend in an outer circle.

Lettering:
CYPRUS
1
2
HALF PIASTRE

Edge:
Smooth.

Mints:
Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975).
H → Heaton's Mint, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Comments:
Metal composition: 95% copper - 4% tin - 1% zinc.

Reference : KM# 2

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Collection : Victoria - Queen Empress (1837-1901) of Great Britain & British India