1881 Hawaiian Five Cent Pattern - Nickel
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $41,400
- Sold
- Grade
- MS66
- Auction house
- Goldberg Auctioneers
Description
This is the 1881 Hawaiian five-cent pattern in nickel, struck in Paris. In 1881 the owner of a nickel mine in New Caledonia proposed a nickel coinage to King Kalakaua; dies were made in Paris and about 200 five-cent patterns were struck there. The obverse names Kalakaua king of the Sandwich Islands, and the reverse transposes the first word of the motto, AU for UA. The coinage was not adopted, and many of the patterns were destroyed or given away (Wikipedia). Medcalf and Russell number the Paris piece 2CN-1; the crown on its reverse has a cross on top. Catalogue numbers: Medcalf-Russell 2CN-1, KM-2. PCGS number 10975.
Cross References
Medcalf-Russell 2CN-1; KM-2
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