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10 Dollars Silver Certificate of Deposit
| Issuer | Republic of Hawaii, Department of Finance |
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| Year | 1895 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | SILVER CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT UMI DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE REPUBLIC OF HAWAII THIS CERTIFIES, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED AT THE HAWAIIAN TREASURY TEN DOLLARS IN SILVER COIN PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND. ISSUE OF 1895 - ACT № 19 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in steel-blue ink and divided into three panels separated by intricate guilloche scrollwork, with large ornamental numeral 10 medallions at left and right. The central panel bears the official seal of the Republic of Hawaii, inscribed REPUBLIC OF HAWAII and dated MDCCCXCIV in Roman numerals, surrounded by a wreath vignette. The legends HAWAIIAN TREASURY arc across the upper portion and CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT appears in a straight banner along the lower edge, with the printer's imprint of the American Bank Note Company beneath. |
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Hawaii's Silver Certificates of Deposit were issued against silver bullion held by the Republic's Treasury — a mechanism that distinguished them from the concurrent gold certificates and tied them directly to the government's metal reserves rather than to banking circulation. The Republic of Hawaii existed for only five years, from 1894 until annexation in 1898, and this note was printed and issued within that narrow window. Very few denominations in the series appear with any frequency today.
The American Bank Note Company held the Hawaiian government printing contract across multiple successive regimes — Kingdom, Provisional Government, Republic — which gives the series an unusual continuity of production quality despite the political discontinuity behind each issue.