Owner Comments:
CYPRUS, QUEEN VICTORIA 1/4 PIASTRE 1887.
OBVERSE: Young head of Victoria 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
EDGE: Milled.
METAL COMPOSITION: Copper 95%, Tin 4%, Zinc 1%.
MINTAGE: 59,760
RARITY: Common in any grade.
1887 1/4 PIASTRE MS 65 RB
Victoria's Jubilee year 1/4 piastre in beautiful bright red-brown colour. Full strike with perfect surfaces and original luster.
NGC: Tied with eight other specimens for finest graded in RB.