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Does this remind you of anyone here? 
Post a Hawaiian coin thread!
Or exonumia... 
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(Not mine)
But cool:
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Humuhumunukunukuapua
@Humuhumunukunukuapua.... .Also known as the 'Triggerfish'.....Used to catch a lot of them and a friend was Hawaiian...that is how I learned what that word meant...and how to pronounce it....Actually, in Hawaiian, you pronounce every letter...Cheers, RickO
Anyone else learn this on Octonauts? Lol
In honor of our friends from the Aloha State!
1928 Captain Cook/Hawaiian Sesquicentennial Half Dollar
Mintage of 10,008 coins in June of 1928, eight coins were reserved for annual assay. 50 Sandblast proofs are known. Designs by Miss Juliette May Fraser of Honolulu, models by Chester Beach of New York City. Image courtesy of MJ on the NGC Coin Forum.
Approved by Congress on March 7, 1928, and issued in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Hawaiian Islands by Captain James Cook, and for the purpose of aiding in establishing a Captain James Cook memorial collection in the archives of the Territory of Hawaii.
Design:
Obverse - Bust of Captain James Cook, to left; at top, around border, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; in left field, CAPT. JAMES COOK DISCOVERER OF HAWAII; following Capt. A compass needle; in right field, IN GOD WE TRUST; at bottom, HALF DOLLAR, with symbols of four islands on either side; along inside of border a delicate wave motif.
Reverse - Figure of Hawaiian chief in full regalia, advancing over hill top; right arm extended in welcome; in left hand a spear; in left field, reproduction of a village of grass huts at foot of Diamond Hill; lower left field, E PLURIBUS UNUM, and a tropical fern; at bottom, around border, 1778-1928; in right field, a cocoanut tree, the leaves filling upper field.
Bruce Cartwright, Jr.’s Commentary
Bruce Cartwright, Jr. furnished the following commentary to the editor of The Numismatist, who published it in the May 1928 issue:
‘Whether the proposed design will be approved or not by the authorities I do not know. The Captain Cook Sesqui-Centennial [sic; but spelled as one word, Sesquicentennial, on the issuer’s letterhead] Commission has set a price of $2 apiece on these souvenirs, which are to be sold to the public by the Bank of Hawaii, Ltd., Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. No rules as to distribution have as yet been formulated, but I believe no individual will be given more than one coin. A small part of the total issue of 10,000 pieces will probably be set aside to provide specimens for those interested outside of Hawaii. Dealers approved by the Commission will probably be allowed to purchase up to 100 coins apiece. The profit derived from the sale of these souvenir coins is to be used in forming a collection of Captain Cook memorabilia for Hawaii.
No, it doesn't remind me of anyone here. Who were you thinking?
They call me "Pack the Ripper"
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Hey, there’s an extra apostrophe and then “a” at the end of the fish name!
Well, just Love coins, period.
This thread is Da Kine!
Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
Humuhumunukunukuapua'a !!!
I like that one a LOT!
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Thanks! I purchased it from Coin Rarities Online post FUN this year. John always has nice stuff. The toning is wonderful in hand with subtle lighter halos around all the legends and devices.
E komo mai.
Radiant Collection: Numismatics and Exonumia of the Atomic Age.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase/3232
That's just plain awesome!
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I will be at the Hawaii State Numismatic coin show next week Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Hawaii Convention Show
Gary Tanaka
I'll be there too!
Me three, but only on Sundayl
Lafayette Grading Set
FR-2
Delicious!
Yes I remember that episode. My kids are 5+7
reminds me of renman
and surf too, can't forget him
The Kalākaua coinage was today's featured article on Wikipedia. Very informative - I learned a lot about their history.
Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
From "Hawaii Five-O" "The $100,000 Nickel" (1973):
The episode which featured a stolen 1913 Liberty Head nickel.
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
How about some Hawaii notes?
Those are nice!
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My grandmother saved this note:
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
The new Hawaii 5-0 has been featuring a bunch of collectibles lately. Waiting for the 1913 Nickel to make a reappearance.
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A tease ....
The below referenced perp was dealing in stolen coins including the one pictured below. In the proposed script homage was paid to the 1913 Nickel from the original Hawaii Five-O series. This from [yours truly] the author's notes regarding "Historical References for the Script:"
"The present day "crime of the week" included in the script narrative begins with reference to a stolen gold coin rarity, a stolen silver Hawaiian Commemorative, and the mysterious death ..... In the original Hawaii Five-O TV Series one of the included iconic episodes was based upon the theft of a valuable rare coin and it was in homage to same that the present day crime involving the theft of rare coins was incorporated into the subject script narrative. More specifically, it was the 1973 episode of Hawaii Five-O titled, "The $100,000 Dollar Nickel" which included the fictional theft of the Olsen Specimen of the real life 1913 Liberty Head Nickel that had just set the record for the price paid for a single coin the year prior in 1972. In that episode the rare coin was stolen at a coin show by a thief who used a distraction. In the TV episode the con artist's wife provides the distraction as character Arnie Price examines a dealer's coins at the show being held in Waikiki's Ilikai Hotel. The Olsen Specimen to this day is now identified as "The Hawaii Five-O Coin. In the script narrative a silver coin is also recovered. With regard to the silver commemorative ... include[d] is an actual historical reference by Q. David Bowers [in his book "Lost and Found Coin Hoards and Treasures"] to a specimen of the 1928 silver Hawaiian Sesquicentennial coin as having been stolen from The Bank of Hawaii in 1928."Recalling and remembering Hawaii and the events there on this December 7th.
... and the granddaughter locates her namesake.
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Newp from yesterday:
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Mele Kalikimaka !
Colonel Jessup?
Just returned from a revisit to the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. Here is a panoramic view.
And some views from the launch boat that took us to the Memorial. Seen is the Battleship Missouri now moored in Pearl Harbor and on which the Surrender and Peace Treaty ending World War II in the Pacific was signed off the coast of Japan.
https://caimages.collectors.com/coinimages/42396/06808452/Hawaii_Slab.jpg
https://caimages.collectors.com/coinimages/42396/06808452/Hawaii_obv.jpg
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996