The Hawaii Overprint Note
I Thought this was a pretty neat little note about America during the Second World War. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Government had legitimate concern that the tiny islands in the south pacific would fall to the Japanese. All of the Hawaiian currency was stamped “Hawaii” so that if the state was taken, the currency that may have been stolen by the Japanese wouldn’t have any value. If you are lucky enough to get one of these notes, you will have what is known as a “Hawaii overprint note“.
In early January, 1942, Military Governor Delos Carleton Emmons issued a recall of all American cash to be exchanged for the new, stamped bills. Individuals could change only $200 in cash but if you were a business owner, you were allowed anywhere up to $500.
At the end of the whole experiment, the military was in possession of $200,000,000 US dollars that nobody could spend in Hawaii. Rather than shipping it back to the mainland, the money was burned, most of it, anyway. To make sure that none of it flew out the top of the smoke stack as it burned, there was a thin piece of mesh installed making sure nobody got any half burnt bills.
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Guide to Honolulu real Estate (Publr)
Apartment Living in Hawaii (InfoBarrel)
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