Forsythe's Silver Statehood Proofs
2008-S SILVER HAWAII


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: QUARTER DOLLARS - STATES & TERRITORIES - PROOF
Item Description: 25C 2008 S SILVER HAWAII
Grade: NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
Owner: Kenneth Forsythe
 
Winning Set: Forsythe's Silver Statehood Proofs
Date Added: 4/8/2010
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Caption: “Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ?Aina i ka Pono” (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness)
Release date: November 3, 2008
Entered Statehood: August 21, 1959
Mintage: 517,600,000
Reverse: Statue of Kamehameha I with state outline and motto.
Engraver: Don Everhart
Interesting fact: Hawaii is one of four states that were independent prior to becoming part of the United States, along with the Vermont Republic (1791), the Republic of Texas (1845), and the California Republic (1846), and one of two (Texas was the other) with formal diplomatic recognition internationally. The Kingdom of Hawaii was sovereign from 1810 until 1893 when the monarchy was overthrown by resident American (and some European) businessmen. It was an independent republic from 1894 until 1898, when it was annexed by the United States as a territory, becoming a state in 1959.

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