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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 5003072, member: 46237&quot;]This was not a US issue (strictly speaking) at the time it was struck, but I include this in my US quarter type set as these were produced entirely due to the influence of the US, which culminated in Hawaii becoming a US territory just 17 years later. The 1883-84 (all dated 1883) Hawaiian issues were designed by Charles Barber and were struck by the San Francisco mint on US planchets to ensure uniformity between Hawaiian and US coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite the later melting down of the majority of the quarter mintage, many mint state survivors exist of this denomination due to the discovery of a hoard.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hawaii AR 25C 1883</b></p><p><b>KM-5 (1883) King Kalākaua I</b></p><p>ANACS MS62 (small white holder)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200840[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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