Owner Comments:
CYPRUS, QUEEN VICTORIA 1 PIASTRE 1900.
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: 27,000
RARITY: Elusive coin in any grade. Even circulated examples are elusive with most grades no better than VF or thereabouts.
1900 PIASTRE MS 62 BN
Beautiful example of this rare date.
Nice strike with clear fields and traces of luster.
NGC: Single finest example of the date.