Lot 1593
Republic of Hawaii Pick #11a 1895 (1897) $5 Silver Certificate of Deposit. PCGS Apparent Very Good 10. Ashley-Damon signatures. #666. There are four dark stains and/or burn holes on this note, all of which could possibly be cancellations. Very rare nonetheless.
A list of serial numbers for known uncancelled Republic $5 silver certificates (series C) is as follows: 064, 338, 397, 666, 1004, 1366, 1608, 1674, 1812, 1894, 1935, 2042, 2903, 2953, and 8027.
Cancelled $5 notes (in the Hawaii State Archives, Honolulu): 600, 8498.
The Republic of Hawaii was founded on July 4, 1894 with Sanford B. Dole as president. This was its formal name from 1894 to 1898 when it was run as a republic. The republic period occurred between the administration of the Provisional Government of Hawaii which ended on July 4, 1894 and the adoption of the Newlands Resolution in Congress in which the Republic was annexed to the United States and became the Territory of Hawaii on July 7, 1898.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000.
First reported as having traded in the marketplace in the 1991-92 along with note $5 Series C #338; various intermediaries; from the 9/09 Hawaii Collection.
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