Owner Comments:
CYPRUS, QUEEN VICTORIA 1 PIASTRE 1895.
OBVERSE: Young head of Victoria facing left and wearing a coronet ornamented with oak leaves and scrolls.
REVERSE: 1 within a beaded circle.
ENGRAVER: Leonard Charles Wyon.
DIAMETER: 32 mm
WEIGHT: 11.66 g
EDGE: Plain.
METAL COMPOSITION: Copper 95%, Tin 4%, Zinc 1%.
MINTAGE: 54,000
RARITY: Common in low grades but rare in AU and UNC condition.
1895 PIASTRE AU 50 BN
Extremely fine example of this rare date.
Solid and attractive with traces of luster in the legends.