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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 212685, member: 6229&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I believe you know the 1883 Hawaiian Dollar was struck in Philadelphia and:</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">1. is 90% silver and 10% copper</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">2. has a diameter of 38.1 millimeters</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">3. weighs 26.73 grams</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">4. has a proof mintage of 26 coins</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">5. had a business strike mintage of 500,000 coins of which 453,622 were melted leaving 46,348</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">6. has a reeded edge</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">7. is <i>Akah</i>i in Hawaiian but was called <i>Dala </i>because of American influences in the islands,</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><b>But, </b>who designed the coin?</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Image courtesy of Coin Facts: <a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/hawaiian_coins/hawaiian_dollar_rev.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/hawaiian_coins/hawaiian_dollar_rev.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/hawaiian_coins/hawaiian_dollar_rev.jpg</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Clinker</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><font size="2"><br /></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><font size="2"></font></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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