Hawaii ¼ Dollar - Kalākaua I, 1883

¼ Dollar - Kalākaua I from Hawaii. Issued in 1883. Struck in Silver (.900) (Copper .100). Measures 24.3 mm and weighs 6.3 g.

Obverse

Bust of King Kalākaua I facing right, date below

Reverse

Crowned Arms (Main features: The quartered shield has in the 1st and 4th quarters; the red, white and blue stripes representing the eight inhabited Hawaiian islands. The 2nd and 3rd quarters have two emblems of taboo. The inner escutcheon has crossed spears and the shield in surmounted by the Crown of Hawaii.) (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness, Fourth)

Edge

Reeded