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***Auction Highlight*** 1883 Hawaii Dime 10c Graded ms63 By SEGS (fc)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:4.00 USD Estimated At:825.00 - 1,650.00 USD
***Auction Highlight*** 1883 Hawaii Dime 10c Graded ms63 By SEGS (fc)
***Auction Highlight*** 1883 Hawaii Dime 10c Graded ms63 By SEGS. The 1883 Hawaiian "umi keneta" was struck at the San Francisco Mint on U.S. dime planchets. Many were redeemed and melted after Hawaii acquired U.S. territorial status
Per Maurice Gould and Kenneth Bressett writing in Hawaiian Coins, Tokens, and Paper Money (1961): "In 1883, Claus Spreckels, a banker, sugar planter, and power behind the throne, approached the King on the subject of having a silver coinage struck for the Islands. Application was made by the Hawaiian Government for the coinage at the San Francisco mint, of one million dollars in silver denominations to correspond with the silver coins of the United States of America in fineness and weight, regulations of the 9th of November, 1883, by the Secretary of the United States Treasury." Ultimately, 250,000 Hawaiian Dimes were struck in 1883. Up for Auction is a very attractive and colorfully toned Hawaii Dime. In the early 1880Õs Under the farsighted rule of the cosmopolitan King Kalakaua (1874-91), Under the farsighted rule of the cosmopolitan King Kalakaua (1874-91), who sought to bring the islands up to Western standards of development, representatives from various foreign mints were interviewed on the subject of a contract coinage. This move alarmed sugar magnate Claus Spreckels, whose influence in the islands made him a virtual second king. Certain that Hawaii was vital to the interests of both himself and the United States, he persuaded Kalakaua to have the desired silver coins struck by the USA to American standards. The latter provision was a key selling point, as the use of standard USA coin planchets lowered the cost of this coinage. The master hubs and dies for this coinage were prepared by the United States MintÕs Chief Engraver, Charles Barber. He worked from designs submitted by Spreckels and subsequently modified by Mint Director Horatio C. Burchard A Corey's Pick, Bid to Win, Don't let it get Away Coin