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Sale 54
Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction
| The 9/09 Hawaii Collection - 1928 Commemorative Silver Coins |
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Lot 1506 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Old green holder. Light gold toning. A Gem. Lustrous, satiny surfaces display lovely original silvery freshness, with the overall appearance greatly bolstered by the strong underlying luster. Regard this date as scarce in Mint condition since most buyers (mainly the general public and not collectors) tended to mishandle them after purchase. Scarce in Gem condition.
Known familiarly in the Islands as the "Captain Cook" half dollar, the bust in naval uniform represents Captain James Cook, the European discoverer of the Sandwich Islands, later known by their proper name of Hawaii. The object after CAPT. is a compass, its needle pointing northward while Cook is shown as facing westward, towards the islands which he discovered (January 18, 1778) and on which he was killed thirteen months later (February 14, 1779) (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $3,700 - 3,900.
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Lot 1507 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Old green holder. Mostly untoned. A satiny beauty. Smooth, rolling luster and splashes of delicate toning mingle on the satiny gem surfaces. No deviation in the sharp relief seen on either the portrait or the standing figure, not even in the centers of the coin or at the highest point of Cook's wig.
The eight triangles in lower obverse field (formerly referred to as volcanoes) represent the eight inhabited islands in the Hawaiian group, Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe, and Hawaii (a.k.a. The Big Island). Behind Cook's shoulder is Chester Beach's circular monogram. Both the flowing lettering and the wavy border are meant to allude to the sea, according to the designer, Beach (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $3,700 - 3,900.
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Lot 1508 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Nicely toned on both sides. This too is a delightful Gem! These were sold in small craft-paper envelopes which tend to give the toning that develops a variegated appearance. Very attractive! And very attractive luster on satiny surfaces. A sharp profile and wig is seen on Captain Cook whose coat lapels show their fancy design and military buttons. Consistent high quality also reveals itself in the standing figure of the Hawaiian chief. Clearly, the dies were spaced at the precise distance to impart strong metal flow in all areas.
On the reverse of the 1928 Hawaiian half dollar, the landscape represents part of Waikiki Beach fronting on Mamala Bay, with Diamond Head (a post-erosional volcanic tuff cone said to be about 200,000 years old) in the background. Instead of the present beach front hotels, there are only occasional grass huts and coconut palm trees. At the time of the coin's issue in 1928, Waikiki was littered with duck farms, and, along the shore, two famous hotels that are still attracting tourists today, although the duck farms have since disappeared (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $3,700 - 3,900.
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Lot 1509 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Nice original toning on both sides. Bold devices. A hard to believe array of luster supports bright vibrant highlights on this nicely struck coin, one whose design is comparable to the best preserved specimens of this Type. Any toning seems to associate itself with the lower obverse and around the legends above Cook. The reverse has a marginally darker tone but still cascades with silvery luster throughout.
For the reverse, the designer Chester Beach Standing on a promontory, facing in the general direction of Pearl Harbor, is a native warrior chieftain (not meant for King Kamehameha I, as it is sometimes erroneously believed) wearing a feather cloak and holding a barbed spear. To show that his intentions are peaceful, his hand is extended in welcome. Behind him is another coconut palm. The sesquicentennial dates and Latin motto (again in flowing letters meant to suggest the sea) complete the design (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $3,700 - 3,900.
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Lot 1510 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A hint of light even toning. A problem-free coin bursting with luster, vivid and glowing in appearance. What's more, the surfaces acquit themselves nicely in terms of the fewness of marks, hence the desirable MS65 "Gem" grade. We end the luster description. Next, a word about strike: this piece, as with most others of the Type, was struck with controlled precision throughout and stands front and center with its peers in the MS65 rank.
After the 1928 Hawaiian half dollars were struck at the Philadelphia Mint, they went to the Captain Cook Sesquicentennial Commission in Honolulu, which arranged with the Bank of Hawaii, Ltd., to distribute the coins at $2 apiece -- the highest initial cost of any commemorative issue until that time. The small issue was allocated as follows:
50 sandblast or matte proofs, for special presentation.
200 normal strikings, withheld for presentation.
4,975 for sale on the Islands. Not over five per customer.
The remaining 4,975 for sale in the "States" (the mainland).
According to the Breen-Swiatek reference, "distribution began October 8, 1928. The issue was quickly exhausted, and demand has outstripped the supply from the beginning. on U.S. commemorative half dollars." (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $3,700 - 3,900.
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Lot 1511 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. Even gold toning on both sides. A gem. While not the rarest issue grade-for-grade among the pre-1934 U.S. Commemorative half dollars, the 1928 Hawaiian has long been among the most revered for its low mintage and attractive design. A satiny gem with richly imbued toning that graces the frosty surfaces. Nicely struck for the date, indeed, about as fine as this date is ever found. Everyone who sees it will think highly of this one! (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $3,700 - 3,900.
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Lot 1512 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. A hint of light gold toning. A white, mint-fresh Gem, as crisp and glossy as when it was first released from to the commissioners for distribution almost makes a person stop spell-bound by its attractiveness. When it comes to the clear details of the design, putting the results in a few words we can say the coin was struck with systematic exactness throughout (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $3,700 - 3,900.
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Lot 1513 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-63 PQ. Old holder. Nice origianl toning on both sides. A first-rate example in its grade with richly permeating luster below the color that flows across the pale toned surfaces. Satisfactorily struck for the date, as well, about as excellent as this 1928 issue is ever found. The coin's designer, Chester Beach, would have loved this one!
Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500.
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$2,530 |
Lot 1514 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Toned on both sides with full gleaming luster poking through in all areas including the topmost points of the design.
Chester Beach sculpted the models using designs of Miss Juliette Mae Frazer of Honolulu; Bruce Cartwright, Jr., Chairman of the Captain Cook Sesquicentennial Commission and a well-known Island philatelist, contributed preliminary sketches of reverse (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1515 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. A hint of light gold tone. And a very lustrous example that collectors can use as a benchmark for other MS64 examples that share this reasonably priced grade. While the strike is forthright and crisp, it is only to be expected since the mint did a yeoman's job creating sharp strikes in the 10,000 impressions taken from the Hawaiian Commemorative half dollar dies; without doubt all of the head and shoulder details are bold.
Under terms of the authorizing act, these could have been made at any or all the branch mints. As it was, they were struck in Philadelphia and not made in San Francisco, like previous commemoratives referring to the Far West (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1516 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Old green holder. A hint of light gold tone. The surfaces have an otherwise bright, metallic, satin-like sheen. No need to worry about an unsuccessful strike left by the rebound of the dies that coined this, since even a cursory examination of the piece reveals nice clarity of detail, including the highest points of the design.
The Hawaiians had lived in peaceful harmony in their Garden of Eden for nearly 1,000 years, tribes warring with one another, reproducing as fast as rabbits to replace the casualties, and completely oblivious to the storm clouds gathering on the horizon. Until, that is, their societal bonds were torn asunder by European visitors. Cook was one of the most daring and admirable men of his day. He is commemorated here not only for his "discovery", but also because of his untimely demise at the hands of one of the natives who stabbed him in the back. This took place on Cook's second visit in 1779. The artist, Miss Juilette Mae Frazer, depicted a Hawaiian chief on the reverse. A similar high chief, Kamehameha I was a rising young force to be reckoned with on the Big Island (Hawaii) at the time of Cook's visit. A savvy giant of a man, Kamehameha acquired the latest military implements such as cannons and rifles in his drive to rule the Island chain. This he finally accomplished in 1810 with the submission of Kauai, the northernmost island. Kamehameha died nine years later (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1517 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Mostly untoned. And a coin that is refreshingly clean for this issue, with shimmering luster in the fields and silvery-white devices. The fields are nearly devoid of marks and any that are found require magnification to see. No more, no less, just as fully struck, as attractive, as one could ask for, with complete detail at the shoulder and collar, the wig and all reverse designs (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1518 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Mostly untoned and frosty. Here, too, soft satin-like fields careen with lustrous silver color as indicated in the photographs both obverse and reverse. All this is perhaps obvious from the assigned grade of Mint State 64. What we need to emphasize also is that the strike is customarily crisp and detailed for the 1928 Hawaiian issue with the usual sharp metal flows into the deepest recesses of the dies on both sides.
As alluded to in another section in this sale, through a misunderstanding between the natives and some of the crew members on Captain Cook's second voyage to the islands in 1779, he was stabbed in the back and killed -- to be dismembered, and (if the history books do not lie) some of his parts were fed to the dogs! Later negotiations caused the islanders to return his heart and bones to the dumbfounded shipmates. The ship set sail back to England for a sad, if well-attended, funeral (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1519 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. A hint of light tone. Mint luster like brilliant frosted glass gives this coin much of its life and pizzazz despite a few shallow marks in the field and on the portrait and standing figure. Substantial detail to the highpoints on this fine example (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1520 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Mostly untoned with a few obverse marks. Satin surfaces that are almost frosted with pleasant, glowing silver color. Sharp detail on all devices is typical for this well-made issue, as mentioned elsewhere; and with the present specimen we see a wonderful maintenance of the ideal in the broad regions of crisp strike found in all areas. A remarkable coin (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1521 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Mostly evenly toned on both sides. A glistening coin whose luster sleeps tranquilly beneath the toning on the surface. Subtle grays bring out the expansiveness of the design while also enhancing the to-be-expected beautiful eye appeal of this particular coin. We get a fine sense of justice in the assignment of the grade from the grading service. No doubt the great army of critical-eyed bidders will fall in love with it since it has everything a numismatist is looking for (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1522 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice light even toning. Highly lustrous with the shimmering mint frost P-mint coinage is so well known for; given the proper amount of strike pressure, the coin was fully brought up by the dies (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1523 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Irregular toning on both sides. Frosted glass luster and impressive fields reside below the toning. Since our observation is that this date is nearly always fully struck, then this sharp coin has every suggestion of precision manufacture as seen in high points of the design as well as all legends.
In addition to wearing a feather cloak, the figure of the Hawaiian chief is also bedecked with the bright crimson feathers of the apapane bird in his mahiole (helmet), worn only by Hawaiian nobility. The reverse sketches by Honolulu's Bruce Cartwright, Jr., of the famed Cartwright family of Honolulu, which became the heart for the design on this side of the coin, show him to be well versed on Hawaiian royalty (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1524 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Lightly toned on both sides. A very desirable coin, a very desirable grade, with riveting appeal from crystal-white fields that shine through the light overlay of toning. As we see it, when it comes to the centers of the portrait and Hawaiian chief, the strike is sharp and well defined in all areas (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1525 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Original deep toning. Warm golden gray surfaces exhibit strong satin-like luster and a desirable, almost matte-like originality that really engages the aesthetic sense with its serene beauty. Fresh undipped coins like this are always appreciated by savvy collectors (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1526 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Frosty with a hint of light even gold tone. Moon-glow bright silver-white cartwheel luster radiates on both sides of this minimally toned example. Moreover there is more than a respectable amount of detail throughout with no signs of weakness to the Hawaiian chief's costume and helmet (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1527 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Nice light gold toning on the obverse. An example whose rich frosty luster pulsates with an inner energy. The luster, like the panorama on the reverse, stretches away into the distance on both sides. We leave behind the luster, of which only positive things need to be reported, and move on to the devices. Even the most delicate detail seen on this Hawaiian half dollar shows it was made with great accuracy (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1528 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Lovely golden toning. Well detailed for this more desirable early issue, a low mintage year, with soft golden-brown highlights that add considerably to the appeal (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1529 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Nice golden toning. An untoned frosty example with spellbinding luster and surfaces that are free from all but the most trivial luster grazes. Struck with meticulous care by the dies as well, in keeping with the consistent high quality of the Type, though nowhere near as common in this choice condition as once assumed. A coin in this condition offers greater beauty and originality than a lesser quality toned specimen (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1530 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Nice original toning. The strike on this issue is nearly always very sharp, and the present toned specimen is no exception. Both sides are naturally toned. Struck with exactitude by the dies (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700.
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Lot 1531 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Old green holder. Lightly toned. Very few survivors could possibly equal the choice technical merits and originality of this piece, which has only a few light contact marks in the fields. In addition to its strong strike and nearly lustrous surface quality, both sides are gleam with mint brilliance. Precision strike on every device (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500.
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Lot 1532 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Old green holder. Nice even toning. Silver cartwheel luster radiates from the choice surfaces of this attractively toned coin. A great deal of discussion also surrounds a coin's strike. This piece has excellent detail with no sign of weakness to the shoulder area, the lapels and collar, the wig, and (on the reverse) the standing figure's long feather cloak.
(Hawaiian high chiefs wore bright golden yellow or black-with-gold lined red-feather cloaks made from the plumes of the rare mamo (yellow), o'o (yellow), apapane (red) or i'iwi (red) birds, most of which are now extinct. Several of these famous cloaks are on display in the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.) (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500.
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Lot 1533 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Lovely shades of natural golden toning as sort of a blush over the silver-gray surface. This lovely Choice 63 is finished in attractive luster with glowing fields and sharply impressed devices (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500.
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Lot 1534 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. ANACS graded MS-63. Light golden toning. Our consignor has given bidders the opportunity to choose from among a wide variety of specimens of this highly prized commemoratives. Rarely will people be given another opportunity like this (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500.
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Lot 1535 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-63. Nice even toning. The surfaces are sleek from the lovely mint frost that swirls around both sides under the light layer of toning. Struck with the preciseness everyone agrees is best on these artistic half dollars (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500.
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Lot 1536 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. Old green holder. Original toning. Low mintage of 10,000 attracts Commemorative half dollar bidders from near and far. Key date commem half dollar (PCGS # 9309) .
Historic note: In conjunction with sesquicentennial celebrations then being planned throughout the Islands, local groups came up with the idea of establishing a Captain Cook Memorial Collection, to be housed in the Archives of Hawaii. This collection was to be financed in part by proceeds from the sale of these half dollars. Accordingly, Commander Victor Stewart Kaleoaloha Houston, the Delegate to Congress from the then Territory of Hawaii, sponsored a bill which would authorize coinage of 10,000 souvenir half dollars for these purposes; this became the Act of March 7, 1928.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100.
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Lot 1537 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. ANACS graded MS-62. A hint of light toning. Another with desirable features and no detractions. The coin was designed by Juliette May Fraser of Honolulu. (Careless handling left many hundreds of these coins, though not actually circulated, with nicks, scratches and improper cleaning, thus reducing the available supply of choice Mint State specimens.) (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100.
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Lot 1538 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-62. Lovely light gold toning. Swimming in mint brilliance over each side of this sharply made choice example (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100.
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$2,185 |
Lot 1539 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. ANACS graded MS-61. Lovely golden toning atop lustrous surfaces. The dappled hues give it a beauty rarely seen on one of these.
Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000.
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$2,070 |
Lot 1540 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. ANACS graded MS-61. Nice light golden toning. Known in Hawaiian numismatic circles as the "Captain Cook Half Dollar," this piece was issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival in the Hawaiian Islands of the English explorer, Captain James Cook in 1778 (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000.
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Lot 1541 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-61. Mostly white coin. Flowing mint brilliance like a cascading waterfall flows over each side of this well struck, minimally Uncirculated specimen (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000.
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Lot 1542 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-61. Light hint of gold toning. A lustrous example (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000.
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Lot 1543 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. ANACS graded MS-60. Light golden toning mostly around the edge leaves the wide open centers more silvery and sparkling (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900.
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Lot 1544 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar NCS Unc Details. Improperly cleaned. Untoned (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100.
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Lot 1545 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar NCS Unc Details. Improperly cleaned. Nice even toning. Affordable condition and quite nice. Collectors from all 50 states will want to bid in this sale, since our consignor has given us a wide range of grades and price ranges of this key Commemorative half dollar. Few have ever seen, let alone owned, a 1928 Captain Cook commemorative half, a coin whose origin is much more storied and interesting than many others in the series (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100.
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Lot 1546 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar NCS Unc Details. Improperly cleaned. Much frosty luster evident around the major devices and legends as well as stretching out into the fields (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100.
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Lot 1547 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar NCS Unc Details. Polished. Untoned except for a dusting of russet brown at the upper obverse and lower reverse rims (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100.
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Lot 1548 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar NCS Unc Details. Improperly cleaned. A nice looking coin (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100.
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$1,610 |
Lot 1549 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. ANACS graded Details of AU-55. Cleaned. The obverse shows some toning (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $800 - 900.
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$1,208 |
Lot 1550 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. ANACS graded Details of AU-58. Cleaned. Untoned. A fair number of 1928 Hawaiian commemorative half dollars were purchased by the public who little understood proper care in storing and handling them. Some pieces were even put into circulation, accounting for the examples seen in worn grades from time to time (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $800 - 900.
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$1,380 |
Lot 1551 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar NCS AU Details. Improperly cleaned. A hint of toning (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $800 - 900.
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$1,438 |
Lot 1552 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar NCS AU Details. Improperly cleaned. Untoned (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $800 - 900.
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Lot 1553 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar NCS AU Details. Improperly cleaned. Nicely toned with abundant luster. A few hairlines (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $800 - 900.
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Lot 1554 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar NCS AU Details. Harshly cleaned. Untoned. But nevertheless a worthy addition to a coin collection. The only other half dollar struck at the Philadelphia Mint in 1928 is the Oregon commemorative; there were no regular-issue Walking Liberty halves made in 1928 other than at San Francisco (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $800 - 900.
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Lot 1555 |
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1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar NCS AU Details. Improperly cleaned. Mostly untoned with light wear on the high points but ample luster remains (PCGS # 9309) .
Estimated Value $800 - 900.
From the 9/09 Hawaii Collection.
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