 The Captain Cook Memorial Collection , purchased in part with funds raised from the coins , is now in the Bishop Museum in Honolulu . The Hawaii Sesquicentennial coin is the <unk> commemorative half dollar by design ; according to R.S. Yeoman 's A Guide Book of United States Coins published in 2015 , it lists for between $ 1 @,@ 850 and $ 11 @,@ 000 depending on condition . The sandblast proofs are listed for up to $ 50 @,@ 000 but none has recently been sold at auction — an exceptional specimen of the regular type went under the hammer for $ 25 @,@ 850 in 2013 . At least three different counterfeits are known . 
