1935 A Hawaii Silver Cert

I picked this up today at NYINC because I liked it and I really liked the dealer ( adorable old lady that snuck in some US stuff). It's a 1935 a series silver Cert in circulated condition with a brown seal and Hawaii stamped on front and back. Serial is L 76661335 C. How did I do? Will add photos monday or Tuesday because I can't figure out how to from iPod...

 

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Sounds like a good find

 

If you picked it up for face value ($1) then you really good. The L-C block is one of the more common blocks, but still worth alot more than face value, depending on the condition. I just got this note the other day from a member of another currency forum. It is uncirculated.

 

Nice, I have one I use as a conversation piece. Everytime I hear about someone going to Hawaii I show it to them and say that they have to exchange their money when the get there. I lived there in the late 70's and occassionaly these notes did circulate.

 

Why were they stamped with Hawaii? My best guess would be because they were using US currency in a territrory. Would I be close to right?

 

Awesome! Can't wait to see your new note.

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from US Paper Money.info

 

In addition to being used in Hawaii during the war, they were used to pay US forces operating in the Pacific during the war.

For a first hand account of the Hawaii notes, download the memoirs of MG Thomas Green, the executive officer of the Military Governor for Hawaii during the war. You can find it at http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/Martial-Law_Green.pdf

 

lettow: That is quite a document. I'll have to spend some time with this one. Thank you for sharing this amazing period appropriate piece.

 

I am finally home from NYC and I picked up some great stuff at NYINC including the note. Here are the iPod pics for now, and I will get some more tomorrow if I have the time. Thanks for the info by the way. I thought it was cool, and I had to jump at the US stuff I could get for under $100 at the show...I've never seen so many gold coins, and coins valued at over $1000 in my life! I picked up 3 silver certificates and a red seal $2 for $10 too.

 

Really neat note OP! I hope to have one or two in my collection someday!! I've got a couple red stamped $2's like the one you purchased aswell, one is a star note c:
I've never been to a show before, I can't wait!!

 

Here's a couple more HAWAII notes to whet your whistle... These are FRNs.

F-2007L 1934A $10







F-2305 1934A $20

 

isn't the $10 the scarcest?

 

I am not sure about the actual printages of the brown seals across denominations as the numbers given in guide books lump stars and non-stars together and some figures are only given including Series 1934 and 1934A issues, but the stars would be more scarce for each denomination so my notes and in their conditions are not amongst the rarest of these notes out there, as best I can tell.

 

I noticed the 666 in the serial on mine after I purchased it...could be a good thing...

Pretty cool notes Krispy!

I have a stamp or two like this as well with Hawaii stamped on it.

 

Nah, it's all too common to see three digit numbers in SNs... check this out: Banknotes with '666' in the serial number.

And here's an example of one of my notes:





I just found a Series 2004 $20 from the ATM yesterday with SN: EL 38811777B.

I just wish that three was an 8 and it would have looked even better!

Just gotta keep looking for them...

 

Here are some proper pictures. Overprint is just talking about HAWAII stamped on the front and back, correct?

These pics provide some better views of how circulated the note is. Still think I did pretty good on it.

 

Correct, they added the overprinted portions to the plates to distinguish the notes (in emergency circumstances) without creating new plates.

 

So it is not a stamp, it was actually added in the printing/engraving process?

 

The Hawaii overprints are exactly that -- overprints. They are not stamps and they are not part of an intaglio plate. They were applied with what the BEP referred to as skeleton type by the Surface Printing Division of the BEP as part of the printing process for the notes.