1883 HAWAIIAN 1/4TH DOLLAR
(HAPAHA)
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 242,600
(500,000 were minted, but
257,400 were melted)
Proofs: at least 26
Designer: Charles E. Barber
Diameter: ±24.3 millimeters
Metal Content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±96.5
grains (±6.3 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None
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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries Recent
offerings:
NGC Proof-63 (illustrated
above). Ex - Superior Galleries "ANA 2001 Nation
Money Show" Auction, March 8-9, 2001, Lot 548, plated, unsold
NGC MS-65.
Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000,
Lot 1618, "Gould-Bressett 100, Medcalf-Russell CS-3"
NGC MS-65.
Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000,
Lot 1619
Notes: Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"Hawaiian Money
Standard Catalog, Second Edition" by Donald Medcalf and Ronald
Russell
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