Need Help With This 1883 Hawaii Quarter

The actual shape of the main detail has been retained but there are no significant areas that are flat, due to wear.
I based my grading on what I thought may be equivalent with the SLQ series.

Condition? VF20 to VF25.

No significant damage problems, which can be quite common with Hawaiian quarters.

Hard to tell from the pic, an old patina is preferred,
(see the second coin below). Still looks like a decent coin from here.
The quarters are actually the easiest to find in higher grades.

Yours looks close to VF20, worth about $75-80. raw.

-Ron



The Hawaiian silver coinage, consisting of denominations identical to United States coinage, was composed of identical weight and size standards, thus there was no need to make additional planchets. 500,000 of these Hawaiian dollars were struck by the SF mint in 1883-84. After the overthrow of Liliuokalani and the subsequent annexation of Hawaii by the United States, the Hawaiian coins were largely withdrawn from circulation and melted; the silver dollar, due to its silver value, was most affected by this policy: 453,622 were melted.

A tiny quantity of (26 of each denomination) of proof examples were minted by the Philadelphia Mint for presentation purposes.

Hawaiian coins continued to circulate for several years after the 1898 annexation to the United States. In 1903, an act of Congress demonetized Hawaiian coins, and most were withdrawn and melted, with a sizable percentage of surviving examples made into jewelry. Following melting, the maximum number of each circulating coin that could possibly exist is as follows:

10C Umi Keneta: 249,921
25C Hapaha: 242,600
50C Hapalua: 87,700
$1 Akahi Dala: 46,300

Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono:
"The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness"
- Hawaii State, Territorial & Royal motto of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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VF 25