Cyprus 1913 18 piastres

Heritage sale 3020, lot 23694

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23694 in Heritage sale 3020 (Long Beach, September 2012), where it sold for $998.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "George V 18 Piastres 1913, AU50 NGC, deeply toned with considerable frost on the reverse. From The Ted Reams Collection." This silver eighteen piastres was struck during the reign of George V, king of Great Britain 1911-36. Tho denominated in piastres, it is the same size and weight as a British florin of two shillings. The other date, 1921, is more common.

Recorded mintage: 25,000.

Specification: 11.31 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 14.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, and Cris Bierrenbach, Heritage Signature Auction 3020: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.

Link to:

• Cyprus 1887 1/4 piastre
• Cyprus 1907 18 piastres
• Cyprus 1908 piastre
• Cyprus 1913 9 piastres
• Cyprus 1921 18 piastres
• Cyprus 1938 18 piastres
• Coins and currency dated 1913
• return to coins of Cyprus