Lot 1007
1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-66. Nice golden toning. Both the peripheries and the central areas are impressive for their sharpness of strike, and the frosty textured surfaces are glistening underneath the color. No deviation in the sharp relief seen on the portrait or the standing figure, not even in the fancy edge ornamentation on the obverse side of the coin. A worthy Gem. Pop 192; 26 finer, 25 in 67, 1 in 68 (PCGS # 9309) .
The Hawaiian Commemorative was struck to observe Hawaii's first sighting by Europeans when Captain Cook and his robust crew chanced upon the isles one fine day in 1778. Cook would return to the islands on his second voyage in 1779, where, through a misunderstanding between the natives and some of the crew members, he was stabbed in the back, dismembered, and (if the history books do not lie) portions of him fed to the dogs! After later mediation, his heart and bones were returned to the dumbfounded shipmates. The vessel set sail back to England for a sad, if well-attended, funeral.
Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,000.
The Mark Gordon Collection.
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