Owner Comments:
CYPRUS, QUEEN VICTORIA 1 PIASTRE 1896.
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: 54,000
RARITY: Scarse in low grades but rare in EF and UNC condition.
1896 PIASTRE MS 63 RB
A superb example of this rare date.
Features a full strike, clear fields and original red in and around the devices.
NGC: The single finest example of the date.