| Issuer | Cyprus |
| Year | 1879-1900 |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Value | 1/2 Piastre (1⁄360) |
| Currency | Pound (1879-1955) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 5.83 g |
| Dimensions | 27.5 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Leonard Charles Wyon |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#2 |
| Obverse description | 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.) |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | VICTORIA QUEEN 1887 |
| Reverse description | 1/2 within a circle of beads and in a circle the inscription: · CYPRUS · HALF PIASTRE |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | CYPRUS 1 2 HALF 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 - - 250 000 1879 - Proof - 1881 - - 54 000 1881 - Proof - 1881 H - (fr) Heaton mint - 72 000 1881 H - Proof - 1882 H - (fr) Heaton mint - 54 000 1882 H - Proof - 1884 - - 36 000 1884 - Proof - 1885 - - 54 000 1886 - - 122 400 1887 - - 60 120 1887 - Proof - 1889 - - 54 000 1890 - - 180 000 1890 - Proof - 1891 - - 107 990 1896 - - 36 000 1900 - - 36 000 1900 - Proof - |
| Catalog ID | 4231468740 |
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