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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DrDarryl, post: 2941310, member: 39402&quot;]Some background information on <b>alipi&#039;i</b> collecting (Native Hawaiian word <b>alipi&#039;i</b> means &quot;step&quot;). </p><p><a href="https://thehawaiiananumismatist.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/pihi.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://thehawaiiananumismatist.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/pihi.jpg" rel="nofollow"></a></p><p><a href="https://thehawaiiananumismatist.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/pihi.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://thehawaiiananumismatist.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/pihi.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://thehawaiiananumismatist.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/pihi.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>One must collect each planchet size and each metal composition with the same design element(s) to form a &quot;step&quot; or alipi&#039;i series.&nbsp; </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>To complete the series, one must seek specimens that were cannibalized from completed original issued sets. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>This is a very destructive type of collecting as complete original issued sets must be/have been broken-up to obtain &quot;step&quot; specimens. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example alipi&#039;i set.&nbsp; (note: the platinum specimen is next to impossible to obtain and is missing in this set)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]716267[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]716268[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This set is just one example. Six completed Franklin Mint sets had to be broken-up. Medal identifiers are from Hawaiian Money Standard Catalog by Medcalf &amp; Russell.</p><p><br /></p><p>This &quot;step&quot; series can also be replicated for the remaining 49 states.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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