- Hawaiian dollar
The dollar or dala was the currency of
Hawaii between 1847 and 1898. It was equal to theUS dollar and was divided into 100 "cents" or "keneta". Only sporadic issues were made which circulated alongside US currency.Coins
Hawaii's first coins were issued in 1847. They were copper cents bearing the portrait of
King Kamehameha III . The coins proved unpopular due to the poor quality portrait of the king. Although it is claimed the denomination was misspelled ("hapa haneri" instead of "hapa haneli"), [ [http://www.coinsite.com/content/articles/Hawaii.asp Hawaii’s Coinage 1847-1883] ] the spelling "Hapa Haneri" was correct until the end the 19th century. The spelling "Haneri" (Hawaiian for "Hundred") appears on all $100 and $500 Hawaiian bank notes in circulation between 1879 and 1900. [http://numismondo.com/pm/hwi/HwiP.4p100DollarsND1879.jpg] [http://numismondo.com/pm/hwi/HwiP.5p500DollarsND1879.jpg] [http://numismondo.com/pm/hwi/HwiP.UNL15100Dollars1895SerC.jpg]In 1883, silver coins were issued in denominations of one dime ("umi keneta" in Hawaiian), quarter dollar ("hapaha"), half dollar ("hapalua") and one dollar ("akahi dala"). The vast majority of these coins, were struck to the same specifications as current US coins by the US Mint at San Francisco, California. A tiny quantity (26 of each denomination) of proof examples were minted by the US Mint at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for presentation purposes. Hawaiian coins continued to circulate for several years after the 1898 annexation to the United States. In 1903, an act of Congress demontised Hawaiian coins, and most were withdrawn and melted, with a sizable percentage of surviving examples made into jewelry.
Banknotes
In 1879, the Department of Finance issued Hawaii's first paper money, silver coin deposit certificates for $10, $20, $50 and $100. However, these notes were only issued in small numbers and US notes made up the bulk of circulating paper money. [ [http://morganreport.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=758-759 The Morgan Report, p. 758] ] From 1884, only US gold coins were legal tender for amounts over $10. [ [http://morganreport.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=416-417#CURRENCY. The Morgan Report, p. 416] ]
In 1895, the newly formed
Republic of Hawaii issued both gold and silver coin deposit certificates for $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100. These were the last Hawaiian notes and all are extremely rare today.ee also
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Coins of the Hawaiian dollar References
*numis cite SCWC|date=1991
*numis cite SCWPM|date=1994External links
* [http://numismondo.com/pm/hwi/indexT1.htm Hawaii Paper Money]
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