¼ Piastre - Victoria
Features
| Issuer |
Cyprus
 |
|---|---|
| Queen |
Victoria (1879-1901)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1879-1901 |
| Value | ¼ Piastre (1⁄720) |
| Currency | Pound (1879-1955) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 2.91 g |
| Diameter | 21.8 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 15555 |
| References | KM# 1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Obverse
Queen facing left wearing a coronet with a decoration of oak leaves and scrolls. Date below
Note: 1881H and 1882H. A small H above the date indicates that those coins were struck at the mint of Ralph Heaton and Sons, Birmingham, England (now The Mint, Birmingham, Ltd.)
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VICTORIA QUEEN
1887
Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon
Designer: Leonard Charles Wyon
Reverse
1/4 within a circle of beads and in a circle the inscription: · CYPRUS · QUARTER PIASTRE
Script: Latin
Lettering:
· CYPRUS ·
1
4
QUARTER PIASTRE
Edge
Plain
Mints
| Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975) | |
| H | Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003) |
Comments
There is certain variations in Cyprus Victoria bronze coins. For coins minted in 1881 and 1882 there are variations 1881H and 1882H. A small H above the date indicates that those coins was struck at the mint of Ralph Heaton and Sons, Birmingham, England (now The Mint, Birmingham, Ltd.)
Other variations are
¼ Piastre - Victoria KM# 1
1887 variation: There are two varieties of this coin: a) with date 5.5 mm in length and b) with date 6 mm in length.
1900 and 1901: The size of this coins is reduced to 21 mm but the weight remains the same.
Metal composition: 95% - copper, 4% - tin, 1% - zinc
Other variations are
¼ Piastre - Victoria KM# 1
1887 variation: There are two varieties of this coin: a) with date 5.5 mm in length and b) with date 6 mm in length.
1900 and 1901: The size of this coins is reduced to 21 mm but the weight remains the same.
Metal composition: 95% - copper, 4% - tin, 1% - zinc
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | Frequency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1879 | 
|
150 000 | $ 320 | KM# 1.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
33% | ||||||||||
| 1879 | KM# 1.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Proof | 6% | ||||||||||||
| 1880 | 72 000 | KM# 1.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
17% | ||||||||||||
| 1880 | KM# 1.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Proof | 4% | ||||||||||||
| 1881 | 72 000 | KM# 1.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
13% | ||||||||||||
| 1881 | KM# 1.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Proof | 4% | ||||||||||||
| 1881 H |
|
108 000 | KM# 1.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
11% | |||||||||||
| 1881 H | KM# 1.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Proof | 4% | ||||||||||||
| 1882 H | 36 000 | KM# 1.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
13% | ||||||||||||
| 1884 |
|
72 000 | KM# 1.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
16% | |||||||||||
| 1885 |
|
36 000 | KM# 1.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
12% | |||||||||||
| 1887 | 59 760 | KM# 1.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Date 5.5 mm in length | 16% | |||||||||||
| 1887 | KM# 1.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Date 6 mm in length | 6% | ||||||||||||
| 1895 | 72 000 | KM# 1.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
21% | ||||||||||||
| 1898 | 72 000 | KM# 1.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
17% | ||||||||||||
| 1900 | KM# 1.2Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Proof | 4% | ||||||||||||
| 1900 | 36 000 | KM# 1.2Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Size of coins reduced to 21 mm, weight remains the same | 11% | |||||||||||
| 1901 | 72 000 | $ 58 | KM# 1.2Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Size of coins reduced to 21 mm, weight remains the same | 21% | ||||||||||
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