Modified US bank note used in Hawaii during World War II
Hawaii Overprint Note, Hawaii Notes, Emergency Circulating Note
(United States)
Value
$1, $5, $10, $20
Years of printing
1942 – 1944
Nature of rarity
Emergency Issue
Estimated value
US$2 - $1,300
Obverse
A Hawaii overprint note is one of a series of banknotes (one silver certificate and three Federal Reserve Notes) issued during World War II as an emergency issue after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The intent of the overprints was to easily distinguish United States dollars captured by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces in the event of an invasion of Hawaii and render the notes worthless. Although a sizeable number of the notes were recalled and destroyed after the end of World War II, many escaped destruction and exist as collectibles of numismatic interest in the present day.
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