Owner Comments:
CYPRUS, QUEEN VICTORIA 1 PIASTRE 1889.
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.
1889 PIASTRE VF Details.
A VF example of this extremely rare date.
Detail: Tiny scratch on the reverse.