Owner Comments:
CYPRUS, QUEEN VICTORIA 1/4 PIASTRE 1898.
OBVERSE: Young head of Victoria facing left and wearing a coronet ornamented with oak and scrolls.
REVERSE: 1/4 within a beaded circle.
ENGRAVER: Leonard Charles Wyon.
DIAMETER: 21.8 mm
WEIGHT: 2.91 g
EGDE: Plain.
METAL COMPOSITION: Copper 95%, Tin 4%, Zinc 1%.
MINTAGE: 72,000
RARITY: Scarse in low grades but very rare in uncirculated.
1898 1/4 PIASTRE VF 35 BN
Reasonable grade for a rare coin.
NGC: Pop 1. The finest and only one graded.