Cyprus 1880 1/4 piastre

Goldberg sale 75, lot 4187

This specimen was lot 4187 in Goldberg sale 75 (Los Angeles, September 2013), where it sold for $1,924. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Cyprus. ¼ Piastre, 1880. Victoria. NGC graded MS-64 Red & Brown." The SCWC lists this type for 1879-87, 1895-98 where it was struck in moderate numbers along with half piastres and one piastres, all in bronze. Cyprus, seized from the Turks by the British in 1878, was given a quasi-sterling coinage where nine piastres = one shilling.

Recorded mintage: 72,000 plus a few proofs.

Specification: bronze.

Catalog reference: KM 1.1.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Jason Villareal and Steven Harvey, Goldberg Sale 75: the pre-Long Beach Sale, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2013.

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• 1879 ¼ piastre
• 1881 ¼ piastre
• Coins and currency dated 1880
• return to coins of Cyprus