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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2778963, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="7"><b><u>Cyprus</u></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>13- CYPRUS: 1/4 PIASTRE, KM1.2.</b></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Size: 21 mm. Composition: Bronze. Mintage: 72,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Comments: <i>Tough denomination for 1901 Cyprus.&nbsp; I never got one of these.</i></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>14- CYPRUS: 3 PIASTRES, KM4.</b></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Size: 18 mm. Composition: .925 Silver/.0561 oz. Mintage: 300,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Comments:</font></font><i><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"> <i>Another tough denomination for 1901.&nbsp; I never got one of these, either.</i></font></font></i></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>15- CYPRUS: 4-1/2 PIASTRES, KM5.</b></font></font></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC15-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC15-slab.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC15-slab.jpg" rel="nofollow">(NGC XF40)</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Size: 19 mm. Composition: .925 Silver/.0561 oz. Mintage: 300,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Grade: NGC XF40 (Cert. #1787397-054).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Comments: <i>Ex- Dimitri Gotzamanis (&quot;SYRACUSIAN&quot;), Collectors Universe. This likely had had a light cleaning long ago, but NGC obviously considered it gradeworthy.&nbsp; For some reason, Victorian coins from Cyprus are often found quite harshly cleaned.</i></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>16- CYPRUS: 9 PIASTRES, KM6.</b></font></font></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC16-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Georgia">(Raw AU)</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Size: 23.7 mm. Composition: .925 Silver/.1682 oz. Mintage: 600,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Comments: </font></font><i><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex- Dimitri Gotzamanis (&quot;SYRACUSIAN&quot;), Collectors Universe.&nbsp; A somewhat tough coin in better grade.&nbsp; The rather poor images above are scans.</font></font></i></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>17- CYPRUS: 18 PIASTRES, KM7.</b></font></font></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC17-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC17-slab.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC17-slab.jpg" rel="nofollow">(NGC VG10)</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Size: 29.8 mm. Composition: .925 Silver/.3364 oz. Mintage: 200,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Comments: </font></font><i><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Purchased raw on eBay. Modest grade, but superior eye appeal- far better looking than a lot of the typical cleaned ones out there.</font></font></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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