1883 Hawaii Dollar - NP (Post 'em if you got 'em!)

jmcu12

I picked this up yesterday at the local shop. It has been cleaned, and the scan does not do it justice, but it does look quite good in hand.

I just started reading about the history of these coins and I think I am going to collect the Dime, Quarter, and Half too!

Show 'em if you got em!

mbogoman

You gotta watch out for Chinese counterfeits of these, too...

Here's my example, complete with original Hawaiian tan, that I picked up last year in one of the Heritage auctions:

jmcu12

I have no doubts about its authenticity but is there a reason you mention it?

Tdec1000

I just picked up a nice xf Hawaiian Quarter. I will post pics when it arrives!

anablep

Weren't these minting in the US?

Was it Philly?

One would think (if it was the US) the San Francisco mint would have produced these considering its proximity to Hawaii.

The date font is similar to the Morgan dollar's.

jmcu12

these were all made by the us mint in San Francisco. They were designed by barber and were all struck on us standard 90% silver planchets.

That is from the redbook.

What I learned the other day however is really cool - at the time the royal family had 2 or 3 roll sets sent to them from San Francisco. So their decendants are sitting on some very cool stuff!

anablep

So then there is no S mint mark for these?

Interesting!

jmcu12

My thoughts too. I would love to read more about these than what I have seen so far.

Tdec1000

Yes, these were minted in the USA at the San Fransisco Mint. Designed by Charles Barber. Check out the link below for a summarized history of these coins.

history of the coin article

mbogoman

<< <i>I have no doubts about its authenticity but is there a reason you mention it? >>



Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that yours was counterfeit. I only mentioned it so that anyone who may be looking at (or may look at in the future) a raw example be on their toes. I suppose you could apply that to almost any coin now, but the Chinese counterfeiters seem to crank out more of the silver dollar sized coins than any other denominations...