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1883 Proof Hawaiian Half Dollar Pattern - P50C

Strike Type
1883 Territorial coin

Coin Details

Year
1883
Denomination
Territorial
Strike Type
Proof
Series
Hawaiian Coinage (1847-2018)
Designer
Charles E. Barber
Composition
Copper
Diameter
30.6mm
Edge
Reeded

Auction Record

Price realized
$48,300
Sold
Grade
MS67+
Auction house
Goldberg Auctioneers

Description

This is the 1883 Hawaiian half dollar, HAPALUA, struck in copper as a proof pattern. In 1883 the Philadelphia Mint struck proof patterns in copper of the eighth dollar, quarter, half dollar and dollar of Barber's Hawaiian designs, numbered 2CPC-1 to 2CPC-4 by Medcalf and Russell; PCGS reports that eighteen sets were made. They are trial pieces, not coins issued by the Kingdom. PCGS lists it as the 1883 P50C, and NGC as M-2CPC-3 in copper. Catalogue numbers: Medcalf-Russell 2CPC-3. PCGS number 10994.

Cross References

Medcalf-Russell 2CPC-3

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