Re: 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, 6:29 |
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Padraic Brown wrote:
> Same as ours, made (by the US Mint) to the same specs.
So, did they never have their own coinage?
> Ah, I see. Well, "Hapa haneri" is apparently "one cent". "Dala" is
> "dollar", if I recall right. The half dollar says "hapalua".
*sigh* I'd been hoping for something more original than "Hawaiian
Dollar" :-)
> So, while we have "dead presidents", they've have "dead monarchs"!
On at least a few bills, yes. :-)
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