CHAT: Hawaiian Money (was Re: NATLANG/FONT: the euro & 01.01.02)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 15, 2001, 0:45 |
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J Y S Czhang wrote:
> What a way to start the 21st Century! I think it's neat-0... I would love to
> get some "samples" of the Euro - unlike other more mainstream numismatic
> fans, I actually like "appropriating" a-lil-used coinage & paper-currencies.
Speaking of money, does anyone know anything about the monetary system
used in the old Kingdom of Hawaii?
The reason I ask is that my confuture includes a Republic of Hawaii, and
I was thinking that they might harken back to their earlier national
days by naming the new currency after the old one. :-) I've already
decided that the one-whatever bill will be nicknamed a "Lili" after
Liliuokalani, whose face is on said bill, so perhaps "Lili" would come
to be the colloquial term for the unit itself, like "buck" in American
English. :-)
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