1 Piastre - Victoria

€14,195.00
IssuerCyprus
Year1879-1900
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value1 Piastre (1⁄180)
CurrencyPound (1879-1955)
CompositionBronze
Weight11.66 g
Dimensions32.0 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)Leonard Charles Wyon
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#3
Obverse descriptionQueen facing left, wearing a coronet with decoration of oak leaves and scrolls. Legend VICTORIA QUEEN around and the date of the issue below.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringVICTORIA QUEEN 1887
Reverse description1 within a circle of beads and in a circle the inscription: · CYPRUS · ONE PIASTRE
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse lettering· CYPRUS · 1 ONE PIASTRE
EdgeSmooth
MintRoyal Mint (Tower Hill), London,United Kingdom (1810-1975)
H
Heaton and Sons / The Mint
Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited),United Kingdom (1850-2003)
Mintage1879  - KM#3.1 (Thin `1`) - 250 000
1879  - KM#3.1 (Thin `1`) Proof -
1881  - KM#3.1 (Thin `1`) - 36 000
1881  - KM#3.1 (Thin `1`) Proof -
1881 H - KM#3.1 (Thin `1`) - 36 000
1881 H - KM#3.1 (Thin `1`) Proof -
1881 H - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) -
1881 H - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) Proof -
1882 H - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 18 000
1882 H - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) Proof -
1884  - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 18 000
1884  - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) Proof -
1885  - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 54 000
1885  - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) Proof -
1886  - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 226 800
1887  - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 45 000
1889  - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 27 000
1890  - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 90 000
1891  - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 54 010
1891  - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) Proof -
1895  - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 54 000
1896  - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 54 000
1900  - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 27 000
1900  - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) Proof -
Catalog ID8521966640
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