Gerald Forsythe Collection 夏威夷银元在 GreatCollections 拍卖中带来 276,750 美元的拍卖

7 月 21 日，一枚 1883 年夏威夷银元被专业钱币评级服务机构评级为铸币局 68 级，贴有绿色 Certified Acceptance Corp. 贴纸，售价为 276,750 美元，成为 GreatCollections 推出的十多枚杰拉尔德·福赛斯 (Gerald Forsythe) 夏威夷系列硬币中的佼佼者。

An 1883 Hawaii silver dollar graded Mint State 68 by Professional Coin Grading Service with a green Certified Acceptance Corp. sticker sold for $276,750 on July 21, leading GreatCollections offering of a dozen coins from the Gerald Forsythe Collection of Hawaiian issues.

7 月 21 日，一枚 1883 年夏威夷银元被专业钱币评级服务机构评级为铸币局 68 级，贴有绿色 Certified Acceptance Corp. 贴纸，售价为 276,750 美元，成为 GreatCollections 推出的十多枚杰拉尔德·福赛斯 (Gerald Forsythe) 夏威夷系列硬币中的佼佼者。

Five official coin denominations were issued for the Kingdom of Hawaii, and they have their own brief section in the “Red Book.” The coinage begins with the 1847 large-sized cent issued by King Kamehameha III, and 1883 dimes, quarter dollars, half dollars and silver dollars of King Kalakaua I, carrying his portrait in designs by Charles Barber, were struck at the San Francisco Mint — although they lack a Mint mark.

夏威夷王国发行了五种官方硬币面额，它们在“红皮书”中有自己的简要部分。该币种始于 1847 年国王卡美哈美哈三世发行的大尺寸美分硬币，以及 1883 年由国王卡拉卡瓦一世发行的一角硬币、四分之一美元、半美元和银元，上面印有查尔斯·巴伯 (Charles Barber) 设计的国王肖像，由旧金山造币厂铸造 —尽管它们没有铸币厂标记。

The offered 1883 Hawaii dollar is the finest-known of 500,000 pieces struck, though many were melted for a resulting estimated net mintage of just 46,348 pieces.

发行的 1883 年夏威夷元是 500,000 枚中最著名的一枚，尽管其中许多都被熔化，估计净发行量仅为 46,348 枚。

“The coin was amazing,” said Ian Russell, president of GreatCollections. “When we submitted it to CAC for stickering, it was such a rare coin that John Albanese called me and said ‘this is absolutely amazing, it blew me away.’ ”

GreatCollections 总裁 Ian Russell 表示：“这枚硬币太棒了。” “当我们将它提交给 CAC 进行贴纸时，这是一枚非常罕见的硬币，约翰·阿尔巴尼斯 (John Albanese) 打电话给我说，‘这绝对是令人惊叹的，它让我大吃一惊。’ ”

Seven unique bidders weighed in above the minimum bid of $190,000, Russell added, and the piece was ultimately won by a serious collector of U.S. coins, establishing an all-time record for Hawaiian coinage.

Russell 补充道，七位独特的竞标者的出价超过了 190,000 美元的最低出价，最终这件作品被一位认真的美国硬币收藏家赢得，创造了夏威夷硬币的历史记录。

Garry Moore wrote on the coins of Hawaii in an October 2011 article in The Numismatist that King Kalakaua thought the production of national coins would boost morale in his nation, and authorized the purchase of gold and silver bullion to create coins for general circulation with the Kingdom of Hawaii’s Currency Act of 1880.

加里·摩尔 (Garry Moore) 在 2011 年 10 月《钱币学家》上发表的一篇关于夏威夷硬币的文章中写道，卡拉卡瓦国王认为生产国家硬币将提振国家士气，并授权购买金银条来铸造硬币以供王国广泛流通1880 年夏威夷货币法。

Moore wrote that, because Hawaiians feared that the dies that struck the issues in San Francisco would be used to strike more, flooding the kingdom with silver coins, the dies were canceled on May 23, 1888, in the presence of Mint Director James P. Kimball and were sent to Hawaii, where they now reside in the state’s archives.

摩尔写道，由于夏威夷人担心在旧金山铸造的硬币会被用来铸造更多硬币，从而使整个王国充斥着银币，因此这些模具于 1888 年 5 月 23 日在造币厂总监詹姆斯·P·摩尔 (James P.金博尔被送往夏威夷，现在他们存放在该州的档案馆中。

The four 1883 denominations each depict a bust of King Kalakaua looking right, with an inscription identifying him as King of Hawaii. The reverses of the dime, quarter and half dollars depict a portion of the king’s coat of arms with the royal motto, translating to “The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness.” The silver dollar is distinct in showing the full coat of arms.

四种 1883 年面值的面额均描绘了卡拉卡瓦国王的半身像（向右看），并刻有铭文表明他是夏威夷国王。 10 角、25 角和半角硬币的反面描绘了国王盾徽的一部分，上面刻有皇家座右铭，翻译过来就是“大地的生命因正义而永存”。银元上清晰可见完整的盾徽。

Also notable was an 1883-dated Hawaii pattern “hapawalu” eighth dollar, or 12.5-cent piece, graded Proof 66 by PCGS with a green CAC sticker that realized $116,437.50. Only 20 were minted as patterns, struck on specially created planchets at the U.S. Mint since they were the only Hawaiian denomination that did not correspond to any existing U.S. coin denomination.

另外值得注意的是一枚 1883 年夏威夷图案“hapawalu”八分之一美元（即 12.5 美分），经 PCGS 评级为 Proof 66，贴有绿色 CAC 贴纸，成交价为 116,437.50 美元。只有 20 枚被铸造成图案，并在美国造币厂特制的木板上铸造，因为它们是唯一与任何现有美国硬币面额不相符的夏威夷面额硬币。

In offering another PCGS Proof 66 example that realized $92,000 in 2009, Heritage explained why the odd denomination never went beyond the pattern stage, writing, “Since America already had her eyes set on the Kingdom of Hawaii for strategic purposes, it is likely that the hapawalu was replaced with the dime, or umi keneta, for the convenience of commercial trade between the two nations.”

在提供另一个 2009 年售出 92,000 美元的 PCGS Proof 66 样本时，Heritage 解释了为什么这个奇怪的面额从未超越图案阶​​段，并写道：“由于美国出于战略目的已经将目光投向了夏威夷王国，因此很可能为了方便两国之间的商业贸易，哈帕瓦卢被一毛钱或 umi keneta 取代。”