Cyprus 1901 18 piastres
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This specimen was lot 3010 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "CYPRUS: Victoria, 1878-1901, AR 18 piastres, 1901, one-year type, beautifully toned in cyan and amber on the reverse, PCGS graded AU58." This scarce one year type was equal to a British florin. The next issue was in 1907.
Recorded mintage: 200,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 11.31 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-7.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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