New Year Token Type of Sovereign of Queen Victoria

New Year Token (Type of Sovereign of Queen Victoria) - obverseNew Year Token (Type of Sovereign of Queen Victoria) - reverse

© kostas-volos

Features

Location Cyprus
Type Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Currency Cyprus - New Year Tokens
Weight 3 g
Diameter 22 mm
Thickness 1.8 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
92215

Obverse

Queen Victoria (type of gold Sovereign).

Lettering: ΕΝΘΥΜΙΟ ΒΑΣΙΛΟΠΙΤΑΣ

Translation: SOUVENIR OF NEW YEAR CAKE

Reverse

New year wish "Happy New year" in 2 lines underlined. Many samples show weak accent above ά in Χρονιά.

Lettering:
Καλή
Χρονιά

Translation: Happy New year

Edge

Plain

Comments

Gold colored token of the type of the Sovereign of Queen Victoria. This is a special New year token. It is used in tradition to bake a coin in a cake during New year holidays. It has gold color and images similar to a gold sovereign - the common gold coin in Cyprus.

During celebration of New year 2018 similar to this token (mass 4.62 g) was found in a cake from bakery chain Pirillos, which distributed its products in Larnaca area.

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