Cyprus 1882-H 1/4 piastre
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This specimen was lot 30468 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $2,350. The catalog description[1] noted, "Victoria 1/4 Piastre 1882-H, MS63 Red Brown NGC. A well-struck piece with bright, cherry-red mint luster glowing beneath a layer of light tone. Cyprus was leased to Great Britain in 1878, although it was technically still an Ottoman territory." The SCWC lists this type for 1878-98 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: 36,000.
Specification: bronze.
Catalog reference: KM 1.1.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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