1860 Hawaiian Plantation Token - Waterhouse, White Metal
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $21,600
- Sold
- Grade
- MS61
- Auction house
- Stack's Bowers
Description
This is the J. T. Waterhouse token of Honolulu, struck in white metal and dated by PCGS to about 1860. J. T. Waterhouse was a Honolulu firm founded in 1851 that imported dry goods. Its white metal token, the earliest Hawaiian token recorded by Medcalf and Russell, shows Kamehameha III with a legend naming Kamehameha IV and a beehive on the other side; its date and purpose are uncertain (Wikipedia). Catalogue numbers: Medcalf-Russell 2TE-1. PCGS number 600500.
Cross References
Medcalf-Russell 2TE-1
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