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1 Dollar - Victoria Kaʻiulani Bernard von NotHaus Bullion Issue
| Issuer | Royal Hawaiian Mint |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | •PRINCESS VICTORIA•KAIULANI•HEIR APPARENT 1891• 1994 HAWAII RHM |
| Reverse description | Central depiction of the Royal Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Hawaii, featuring a crowned shield flanked by two attendant figures, with a rising sun at the top and a pulo'ulo'u (Hawaiian taboo ball) below the shield. The heraldic design is rendered in fine detail with decorative mantling. The legend 'ROYAL HAWAIIAN SILVER' arcs around the upper periphery, while '1 OZ. RHM' appears in the lower central field and 'AKAHI DALA' (meaning 'One Dollar' in Hawaiian) curves along the lower border. The Royal Hawaiian Mint triangular logo appears to the right of the central arms. |
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Bernard von NotHaus founded the Royal Hawaiian Mint in 1974 and spent decades operating it as a private bullion and medallion producer before his later, far more controversial project — the Liberty Dollar — brought him a federal conviction for counterfeiting in 2011. This 1994 piece honoring Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani predates that legal catastrophe and sits in a legitimate chapter of his career, issued during a period of intense Hawaiian sovereignty sentiment following the U.S. government's formal apology for the 1893 overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
Kaʻiulani died in 1899 at twenty-three, never having reclaimed the throne her aunt lost six years earlier.