1883 25C Hawaii MS(PCGS#10987)

August 2021 ANA U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

6437

等级

MS67

价格

24,877

详细说明

1883 Hawaii Quarter Dollar. Medcalf-Russell 2CS-3a. MS-67 (PCGS). CAC. As attractive and expertly preserved as any example of this conditionally challenging issue that we have ever had the privilege of bringing to auction. Intensely lustrous surfaces are satin to softly frosted in texture, the strike razor sharp from the rims to the centers. An endowment of lovely iridescent toning in champagne-apricot, golden-olive and powder blue provides even further visual appeal for this stunning Superb Gem. The 1883 Kingdom of Hawaii coinage dies were engraved by noted Philadelphia Mint specialist Charles E. Barber. Actual coinage took place at the San Francisco Mint for Claus Spreckels, an agent of the Hawaiian government. On January 13, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt signed a Congressional act that allowed for the redemption of Hawaiian silver coinage at par with U.S. coins. The redeemed coins were melted and, after January 1, 1904, the legal tender status of the remaining pieces was revoked. Of the initial mintage of $1,000,000 in ten cents, quarters, half dollars and dollars, only about $200,000 is believed to have survived redemption and melting. Those that have come down to today are circulated more often than not and in the finest Mint State grades, as here, all of the denominations in this set are formidable condition rarities. Provenance: From the Fort Lee Collection. PCGS Population: 23; 4 finer through MS-68. PCGS# 10987. NGC ID: 2C58. Click here for certification details from PCGS.