| Issuer | Cyprus |
|---|---|
| Year | 1879-1900 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 1 Piastre (1⁄180) |
| Currency | Pound (1879-1955) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 11.66 g |
| Diameter | 32.0 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Leonard Charles Wyon |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#3 |
| Obverse description | Queen facing left, wearing a coronet with decoration of oak leaves and scrolls. Legend VICTORIA QUEEN around and the date of the issue below. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | VICTORIA QUEEN 1887 |
| Reverse description | 1 within a circle of beads and in a circle the inscription: · CYPRUS · ONE PIASTRE |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | · CYPRUS · 1 ONE PIASTRE |
| Edge | Smooth |
| Mint | Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London,United Kingdom (1810-1975) H Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited),United Kingdom (1850-2003) |
| Mintage | 1879 - KM#3.1 (Thin `1`) - 250 000 1879 - KM#3.1 (Thin `1`) Proof - 1881 - KM#3.1 (Thin `1`) - 36 000 1881 - KM#3.1 (Thin `1`) Proof - 1881 H - KM#3.1 (Thin `1`) - 36 000 1881 H - KM#3.1 (Thin `1`) Proof - 1881 H - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 1881 H - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) Proof - 1882 H - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 18 000 1882 H - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) Proof - 1884 - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 18 000 1884 - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) Proof - 1885 - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 54 000 1885 - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) Proof - 1886 - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 226 800 1887 - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 45 000 1889 - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 27 000 1890 - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 90 000 1891 - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 54 010 1891 - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) Proof - 1895 - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 54 000 1896 - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 54 000 1900 - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) - 27 000 1900 - KM#3.2 (Thick `1`) Proof - |
| Numisquare ID | 8521966640 |
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