Owner Comments:
CYPRUS, QUEEN VICTORIA 1 PIASTRE 1881 THIN 1.
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: 36,000
RARITY: Very rare, extremely rare in UNC condition
1881 PIASTRE THIN 1 MS 64 RB
Extraordinary example of superb quality.
Brilliant and attractive, fully struck with clear fields and full original luster, basically red.
NGC: Tied with one other as finest known.