Catalog
2 Cents - Victoria
| Issuer | Mauritius |
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| Year | 1877-1897 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and draped bust of Queen Victoria facing left, engraved by Leonard Charles Wyon after the young head portrait. The Queen wears a small state crown set atop flowing hair tied with a ribbon at the nape of the neck. The circular legend reads VICTORIA to the left and QUEEN to the right, following the coin's periphery. The field is plain and the design is contained within a toothed border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1877 - Proof - 1877 H - Heaton Mint - 350,000 1877 H - Heaton Mint; Proof - 1878 - - 130,000 1878 - Proof - 1882 H - Heaton Mint - 150,000 1882 H - Heaton Mint; Proof - 1883 - - 250,000 1884 - - 250,000 1884 - Proof - 1888 - Coin alignment - 250,000 1888 - Proof - 1890 H - Heaton Mint - 250,000 1896 - - 188,000 1897 - - 1,000,000 1897 - Proof - |
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