My bargain coin of the week purchased for $13.79
This bronze version is unlisted in the Royal Hawaiian Mint database. The silver version is listed with a mintage of 500.
Krause lists the silver version as X# MB19 with a mintage of 500 (mintage matches the RHM database).
Krause lists the bronze version as X# MB19a with a mintage of 50. Yes, 50!
The green patina on the image is the giveaway that makes it a bronze version. Silver has no green patina….
* Krause (or Krause Publications) who published the book
- Unusual World Coins by George S. Cuhaj, 2011, ISBN 1-4402-1702-5 (Hawaii section starts on page 297 ) (google book sample http://books.google.com/books?id=NUg1HUZt5OEC&pg=PA302&dq=unusual+world+coins+hawaii&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lFB )
- See page 300, upper left
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