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| Issuer | Department of Finance, Hawaiian Islands |
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| Year | 1879 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Multicolor intaglio-printed note with a portrait vignette of King Kalakaua at left, flanked by a central oval vignette of a steam locomotive and two smaller maritime vignettes showing sailing vessels at sea. At far right, a figure of a native Hawaiian harvesting sugarcane forms a fourth vignette. The large denomination numeral '500' appears in orange at lower left and right corners, with the title 'HAWAIIAN ISLANDS' in bold letters across the upper portion beneath an orange guilloche underprint. Signature lines for the Minister of Finance and Director of Public Accounts appear at the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT Department of Finance HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS CERTIFIES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED AT THE HAWAIIAN TREASURY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN SILVER COIN payable to the bearer ON DEMAND |
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| Reverse lettering | HAWAIIAN TREASURY CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT |
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