Cyprus 1942 piastre
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This specimen was lot 74731 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description[1] noted, "CYPRUS. Piastre, 1942. London Mint. George VI. PCGS MS-63 Brown." This type was struck 1942-46 and this is a better date. It superseded a copper-nickel piastre struck in 1938 (KM 23). Nine piastres made a shilling until 1955.
Recorded mintage: 1,260,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 5.22 g, bronze, 23 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-23a.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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