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 were struck at the mint of Ralph Heaton and Sons, Birmingham, England (now The Mint, Birmingham, Ltd.)
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
VICTORIA QUEEN
1887
Reverse description
1/4 within a circle of beads and in a circle the inscription: · CYPRUS · QUARTER PIASTRE
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
· CYPRUS ·
1
4
QUARTER PIASTRE
Edge
Smooth
Mint
Royal 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)
Mintage
1879 - KM#1.1 - 150 000 1879 - KM#1.1 Proof - 1880 - KM#1.1 - 72 000 1880 - KM#1.1 Proof - 1881 - KM#1.1 - 72 000 1881 - KM#1.1 Proof - 1881 H - KM#1.1 Proof - 1881 H - KM#1.1 the mint of Ralph Heaton and Sons, Birmingham - 108 000 1882 H - KM#1.1 the mint of Ralph Heaton and Sons, Birmingham - 36 000 1884 - KM#1.1 - 72 000 1885 - KM#1.1 - 36 000 1887 - KM#1.1 a date 5.5 mm in length - 59 760 1887 - KM#1.1 b date 6 mm in length - 1895 - KM#1.1 - 72 000 1898 - KM#1.1 - 72 000 1900 - KM#1.2 Proof - 1900 - KM#1.2 size of coins reduced to 21 mm, weight remains the same - 36 000 1901 - KM#1.2 size of coins reduced to 21 mm, weight remains the same - 72 000