A portrait of Edith Kanakaʻole, with her hair and lei poʻo (head lei) morphing into the elements of a Hawaiian landscape, symbolizing Kanakaʻole`s life’s work of preserving the natural land and traditional Hawaiian culture. The inscription `E hō mai ka ʻike` translates as “granting the wisdom,” and is a reference to the intertwined role hula and chants play in this preservation.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E PLURIBUS UNUM
25¢
EDITH KANAKAʻOLE
E hō mai ka ʻike (Translation: Out of Many, One Granting the Wisdom)
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Reeded
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S United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)