Silver Eagle 1991 with Pearl Harbor 50th Anniversary Counterstamp

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  1. Dutch Silver Bullion Collector

    Dutch Silver Bullion Collector Member

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    Who knows the Silver Eagle 1991 with Pearl Harbor 50th Anniversary Counterstamp. The counterstamp shows Kalakaua I King of Hawaii 1990 on the obverse and Pearl Harbor Dala 1941-1991 on the reverse. I could find reference on only 1 coin forum. The reference says he was told there were only 3 in existence however that must be bogus as the seller says he has 7 of them. Another reference says they were counterstamped in Australia for the commemorative. Whatever the case this is an official U.S. Mint Silver Eagle - ASE but the counterstamp is not an official mint issue or I would have found references. Who can tell me more about this nice coin, for example how many are made of these coins and what would ne the worth.. I have never seen another Silver eagle with a counterstamp; this must be a special coin.

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    nice coin
     
  4. Dutch Silver Bullion Collector

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    The 10mm Pearl Harbor Gold Dala !

    In Just Having Fun on March 31, 2013 at 5:30 pm

    Here is my research:
    Royal Hawaiian Mint records indicate that the obverse is dated 1990 with portrait of King Kalakaua and the text "Kalakaua I King of Hawaii".
    The reverse is dated 1941 1991 with the island of Oahu and the Pearl Harbor Memorial.
    It is 10mm in diameter and struck in gold. Records also indicate a very minuscule mintage of 24 specimens.
    As a background note, the Royal Hawaiian Mint struck gold in 17mm diameter (1/10 ounce) and 13mm (1/20 ounce).
    In 1991, only the 1/10 ounce gold (17mm) was struck (with a Liberty Head obverse with a Pearl Harbor designed reverse).

    The big question is why was a 10mm gold coin struck?

    Here lies the answer:
    The 10mm dies (obverse and reverse) had another purpose.
    It was used to counter-strike a number of 1991 US Silver Eagles!
    Records indicate that ten 1991 US Silver Eagles were counter-struck with the 10mm dies.
    Images are provided to as visual evidence and confirmation.



    Here is a listing of the RHM dies that were used as counter-stamps. The bolded entries are coins using the original die(s).

    1. 1991 Pearl Harbor Dala 10 mm dies (24 10 mm gold coins):
    10 1991 US Silver Eagles

    2. 1981 Liliokalani IKI 13 mm dies (55 13 mm gold coins):
    38 1982 Kala Dala
    1 Undated British Sovereign

    3. 1989 King Kalakaua 13 mm dies (100 13 mm 1989 Kalakaua HSNA gold coins)
    3 1989 10th Birthday Commemorative

    4. 1990 Liliokalani 13 mm Obverse die/ Grand Opening 6-9-90 13 mm reverse die (Combined None)

    (Obverse die only was used on 25 1990 Liliuokalani HSNA Gold 13mm)
    450 1990 Honolulu Silver Dala

    5. 1990 Liliokalani 13 mm Obverse die/ First Day Issue 3-9-91 13 mm reverse die (Combine None)

    (Obverse die only was used on 25 1990 Liliuokalani HSNA Gold 13mm)
    340 1991 Kaiulani Silver Dala

    6. Aloha Money 10 mm dies (None):
    515 (sets of 4 coins) 1993 US quarter, dime, nickel and penny
    275 (sets of 6 coins) 1993 US dollar (Morgan dollar or 1993 US Silver eagle) , half dollar, quarter, dime, nickel and penny

    In summary, the 1991 Pearl Harbor Dala 10 mm dies are the most elusive in use as a coin and as a counter strike.




    So only ten coins made, who knows what the worth will be?
     
  5. Dutch Silver Bullion Collector

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    Damn now i have a new life goal added to the already full sheet of lifegoals finding specific collection coins... The 1993 counterstamp Aloha Silver Eagle; does anybody have this coin (and want to sell it to me? ;-) )

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    Congratulations - nice coin
    One more "life goal" you can tick off
     
  8. Dutch Silver Bullion Collector

    Dutch Silver Bullion Collector Member

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    got both coins eventually, one item of the bucket list

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    Anyone know current pricing on these?
     

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