Cyprus 1926 1/4 piastre
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This specimen was lot 23465 in Heritage sale 3030 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $5,581.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "George V Proof 1/4 Piastre 1926, Proof 65 Red and Brown NGC, nicely toned with flashy reflective fields, some tiny flecks on the reverse. Rare series in Proof." The SCWC lists this type for 1922 and 1926 where it was struck in moderate numbers along with half piastres (KM 17) and one piastres (KM 18), 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: 360,000 plus a few proofs.
Specification: bronze.
Catalog reference: KM-16.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3030, featuring the RLM Collection, the Isaac Rudman Collection, the Hans Cook Collection and the Collection of Donald E. Bently, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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