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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 152548, member: 669&quot;]Actually Hawaii was a possesion of the US for many years before it obtained Statehood, and for most of that time ordinary US currency was used.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1942, when the possibility of a WW II Japanese invasion of Hawaii was considered a serious threat, the word &quot;HAWAII&quot; in large black letters was overprinted on currency circulating there.&nbsp; The idea was that if the Japanese did successfully invade, the overprinted bills could be demonetized to prevent the Japanese from gathering it up and using it internationally.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the time the 1935 series was in use, so that is what was overprinted.&nbsp; As an additional security feature, the seals and serial numbers were printed in brown.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t collect currency, so I have no opinion on whether the prices at <a href="http://www.intcurrency.com/results.cfm?catID=53&amp;subcatID=44" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.intcurrency.com/results.cfm?catID=53&amp;subcatID=44" rel="nofollow">this website</a> are reasonable. <img src="http://boards.collectors-society.com/images//graemlins/confused-smiley-013.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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