1 Dollar, 1942


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5 Dollars, 1942


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These notes were issued after the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor to be used as a financial precaution to a possible invasion of the islands and capture of U.S. currency.

Hawaii, consists of eight main islands, was a kingdom until 1893 when it became a republic. It ceded itself to the U.S. in 1898, and was organized as a territory in 1900. Attained statehood in 1959.