Cyprus 1908 piastre

Heritage sale 3021, lot 20475

This specimen was lot 20475 in Heritage sale 3021 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $2,820. The catalog description^[2] noted, "Edward VII Piastre 1908, AU55 BN NGC, a choice example of this highly elusive type with glossy brown surfaces and a trace of original mint red in the legends. Rare in this pleasing quality, a fixture on many wantlists for Edward VII!" This one year type, equal to a British penny, is scarce, along with the matching quarter piastre and half piastre.

Recorded mintage: 27,000.

Specification: 9.4 g, bronze.

Catalog reference: KM 12.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[2]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3021, featuring the Cecil Webster, Richard P. Ariagno and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.

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• 1900 piastre
• Cyprus 1901 9 piastres
• 1908 quarter piastre
• 1908 half piastre
• Cyprus 1913 18 piastres
• Cyprus 1927 piastre
• Coins and currency dated 1908
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