Lot 1532
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.
From the 9/09 Hawaii Collection.
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| Realized $2,415 |
