Lot 3301
1883 Hawaiian Pattern Dollar. NGC graded Proof 66 Brown. Medcalf 2CPC-4. Proofs were made of all denominations of Hawaiian coinage, and struck in silver and copper. No U.S. mint marks are present on the coins but they were struck at Philadelphia from dies made by Charles E. Barber. Claus Spreckels, the Hawaiian sugar king, used his influence to have the coins made for the Hawaiian Government.
The Hawaiian Dollar is the most impressive denomination in the group since it displays the entire Hawaiian Royal Coat of Arms. The two halves of the shield with its 8 bars alludes to the (then) 8 inhabited islands in the Hawaiian archipelago. The Hawaiian motto translates as "The life of the land is preserved in righteousness." All Hawaiian coins were manufactured to the U.S. standard circulation coinage (except for the never issued, Pattern-only Hapawalu). All pattern trial pieces were dated 1883 and struck in copper from the same dies used for the 1883 Kingdom of Hawaii silver coins. Eighteen sets (without the umi keneta or dime) were struck in copper. This is one of the most attractive Proofs known of the dollar denomination.
Estimated Value $7,500 - 10,000.
The Emile A. Tartakow Collection.
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