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500 Dollars Certificate of Deposit
| Emittente | Department of Finance, Hawaiian Islands |
|---|---|
| Anno | 1879 |
| Tipo | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Valore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Valuta | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Composizione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Dimensioni | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Forma | Rectangular |
| Stampatore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Disegnatore/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Incisore/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| In circolazione fino al | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Riferimento/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione del dritto | 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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| Legenda del dritto | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione del rovescio | Uniformly printed in brown, the reverse is dominated by an intricate lathe-work guilloche design surrounding a central vignette of the Royal Coat of Arms of Hawaii set within an ornate oval frame. The denomination '500' appears in guilloched roundels at the left and right, with decorative rosette and shell motifs filling the corners. The inscriptions 'HAWAIIAN TREASURY' arc across the top and 'CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT' runs along the lower border. |
| Legenda del rovescio | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Firma/e | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Tipo di protezione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione della protezione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Varianti | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Commenti |
Hawaii's 1879 certificates of deposit were issued under the reign of King Kalākaua, who had just taken the throne following a contested election in 1874 — one ultimately decided by the Hawaiian legislature under significant American commercial pressure. The Department of Finance issued these instruments primarily to manage government debt obligations rather than facilitate everyday commerce, which is why surviving examples show little evidence of hand-to-hand circulation.
American Bank Note Company's New York facility printed the full series. ABNCo held a near-monopoly on prestige government printing contracts across the Pacific and Latin America during this period, and the Hawaiian certificates follow the same high-intaglio standard applied to their contemporaneous South American government work.
Pick lists only five types for the Hawaiian Islands across the entire nineteenth century — this $500 denomination is among the highest face values in that thin catalogue.