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I have been away from coins for a while, but now I'm back. I just won this Hawaiian dollar at the ANA Dallas sale. Let me know what you think of it. 
1883 $1 Hawaii Dollar AU58 NGC. A lovely patina with hues of silver-blue, faint pink, and gold covers this lightly worn coin and areas of mint luster remain clearly visible. This was the largest and most magnificent of the official Kingdom of Hawaii silver coinage and the dollar was also the most heavily melted after the American annexation, leaving comparatively few survivors from the mintage of half a million pieces. Census: 38 in 58, 68 finer
1883 $1 Hawaii Dollar AU58 NGC. A lovely patina with hues of silver-blue, faint pink, and gold covers this lightly worn coin and areas of mint luster remain clearly visible. This was the largest and most magnificent of the official Kingdom of Hawaii silver coinage and the dollar was also the most heavily melted after the American annexation, leaving comparatively few survivors from the mintage of half a million pieces. Census: 38 in 58, 68 finer
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very conservatively graded.. a few nicks.. If maybe another grader sitting there.. his vote could have gone to MS60..
just guessing at this... but?? maybe worth doing it.
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Getting these dollars into an MS holder is a big jump in value and the grading services seem very reluctant to do so with coins like this.
Regardless, I love the look of this coin and I am very happy to finally acquire one that does not have the Hawaii tan look to it.
Speaking of Hawaii, I just got back from my yearly pilgrimage to Kauai and took this image off the Nā Pali coast.