Hawaiian Trivia Question

Since in Hawaii The alphabet contains 12 letters: 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and 7 consonants (h, k, l, m, n, p, w). How did the Hawaiian penny from 1847 get the name "Hapa Haneri" ?

 

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Strainless worked at the mint! :whistle: We all know his spelling is atrocious, so he misspelled Haneli.

Ribbit

 

I knew he had something to do with it. I was juss waiting for someone to witness against him!

 

http://www.coinsite.com/content/articles/Hawaii.asp

BUT:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_dollar

 

The problem with that, the same peeps that messed up the penny are the same ones that printed the paper money. :whistle:

Ribbit