1883 Hawaiian Dollar PCGS MS-66 Ex.S.M. Damon Collection

In 1883, the San Francisco Mint prepared dies and set about the business of producing coinage for the Kingdom of Hawaii. A few additional Proofs were coined in Philadelphia. 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 produced in 1883, however, nearly all were later melted with a net distribution of just 46,348 business strikes along with a small number of proofs.