The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-05-06

including lSUd are worth SpOut ten
times their face value. There are
no other dimes that command much
of premium.
The half-dimes of 1874 are very
rare, and few collectors have one.
In 1902 there were 1900 coined !;
vet they are rare, and sell for four
hundred times their face value.
The same coin from 1896 to 1905
inclusive is held by collectors at 81.
The small silver three-cent
pieces for 1868 and the six years
following are worth from % to 20
cents.
Some of the copper coins COM
mand fancy prices, but not on
account Of age. The cents of 1898,
in good condition, are worth 81
apiece. Those of 1894 five cents
apiece, and those of 1889 are quoted
ut So. No other pennies are scarce,
except the nickel one with the fly
ing eagle on it that was coined in
1856. These are worth from 80
cents to 81. The two-eent piece of
1873 is quoted at so cents.
The half-eent, says the Times, is
as important to the numismatist as
its more valuable brethren. Those
bearing the dates of 1898, and 5
are quoted at so cents, and those of
1896 at So. None of them coined
in this century are much above par
till 1886, one of which date is
worth about So. There were $685.
900 coined that year, so it is a
wonder what became of all of
them. In 1910 there were but
200 coined, and they can be
had for about $3.50 each. In
1912 3-+5-6-7-S only few s2eel-
men pieces were coined, and of
course they are at handsome pre-
MUM. None of the other half
cents are rare, except the coinage
of 1852, which is quoted at So. The
half-cent of 1853 sells for l cent.
The first $50 gold piece, or dou-
bic eagle, was coined in 1919, and
one of that date can be sold for $50.
This is the only double eagle that
is at a premium.
A few of the eagles, or SO gold
pieces, coined in the last century.
are a little above par. The issue
of 1902 has totally disappeared,
and none can be found.
The half-eagle of 1901, of which
$4,000 were coined, is rare. In
1915 but 655 of these coins were
issued and these are now worth $50.
The SO piece bearing the date of
1875 is worth 81. The quarter
eagles coined in 1896 rs and 1900
1924 5-6-7.S are worth about 81.
The objection to the gold dollar
on account of its small size has so
far prevailed that its coinage has
virtually been suspended since 1880.
A Western bank president is the
authority for the assertion that
nearly all that were coined before
that year are now being carried
around in the form of bangles
on the arms of girls and women.
Good specimens are quoted at 50,
but they are hard to find, and the
supply is regarded as practically
exhausted.
1t is not at all improbable that
some of the rare pieces that have
been described are drifting about
in out-of-the-way places and serv-
ing the purpose of ordinary coins;
and it may be as well for the read
ers of the Sunday News to keep a
sharp lookout for them. Certainly,
one would not like to think that he
had paid for basket of eggs or of
potatoes, or a fowl, or anything of
that kind, a coin that was worth
$50 instead of fifty cents or a quar-
ter, and the only way to escape
such bitter reflections In the future
is to study carefully the hints the
Chicago paper has given, and apply
them to every shining stranger
that seeks the temporary hospitali-
ty of your purse or pocket--Char-
lesion News.