The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-09-21
HAWAII'S
COINAGE
Congress Failed to Pass
Redemption Act.
WE USE FOREIGN MONEY
Only One Of Uncle Sans Possession,
Whose Coins Circulate al Par
Lansing Tabs.

new possessions of Uncle sam where
foreign money Is in general circulation
and passing at par. The Hawaiian doll
lars. or Kalakauas as they are some
times called the fifty cent and twenty
five cent pieces OF the defunct mon
archy. are still being used at the same
rate as the American coins and viii
continue so until Congress takes action.
That Hawaiian dimes are not In cir
culation at present is because they
have attracted the general attention Of
numismatists and tourists and are now
held out Of sordid commercial circula-
ton and offered at all sorts OF prices
as curios. In the fan OF 1885 the Ha-
waiian Commission consisting OF sena-
tors Cullom and Morgan. and President
Dole, Justice Frear and Congressman
Hit, submitted a report 20 Congress
entitled "A Bill relating to Hawaiian
Silver Coinage and Silver Certificates"
IL provided that unmutilated Hawaii
an silver coins shall be received at par
value In payment OF all dues to the
government Of the Territory OF Hawaii
and of the United States, and shall not
again be issued. but should on present
alton in sums Of $500 to either govern
ment be purchased and recoined as bull
lion at the United States Mint al San
Francisco. II also provided that all
Hawaiian silver certificates should be
redeemed by the Territory Of Hawaii
before January ], 1902.
Such a bill was introduced In the
House Of Representatives. number II
r. 7091. on January %, 1900 by Mr.
Knox Of Tennessee. but for some rea-
son did not pass. Had II become law
the silver coins heretofore struck OF
by the Hawaiian government would
have continued to be legal tender for
the payment Of debts until January !.
1900. and not afterwards. In other
words the 100000 in dollars. S350.OGO In
halves, sl25.OOO in quarters and $4,000
In dimes, a total Of 100000, which
were put In circulation In 1854, 1885 and
1856. was 10 go out OF existence as
circulating medium forever Except
those coins kept as curios by numis-
matists the coin thus to have been re-
deemed by the local government was to
have been sent TO the San Francisco
Mint and there recOined into dollars
with the American eagle stamped
thereon.
The bill provided that any collector
OF customs or Of internal revenue Of the
United States in Hawaii was. un-
der the direction OF the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, 10 ex-
change standard silver coins Of the
United States for coins OF the Hawaii
an government, at their face value
and the Secretary Of the Treasury was
also to be authorized to deposit with
such collectors at Honolulu or at any
government depository for the purpose
Of making such exchange.
Section OF the bill provided for the
redemption Of silver certificates hereto
fore Issued by the government OF Ha-
wall on or before January ], 1903 and
after that date II would be unlawful 70
circulate the same as money The sill
yer coins Of the Hawaiian government
we're also by the provisions Of the bin
20 be received at all times at their FACE
value. the same as the American coins
Of similar denominations.
Treasurer Lansing, Of the Hawaiian
Territorial Treasury stated yesterday
'ternOon to an Advertiser reporter
AT as Congress has made no provision
calling IN the coins OF the old Ha-
%aiian government, no attempt has
been made here TO segregate them or 10
make any discrimination between them
and those Of the United States. The
coins when received or paid out by the
Treasury Department We're mixed.
Congress failed 70 act on the ques-
tiOn al the last session" said Treasur-
an aFeErr lH.FH fI4raF.ra f.aFa mas
nothing in the Organic Act requiring
the local government 10 redeem the Ha-
Wailan coins no question rs ever rails
ed as TO the coins being American or
Hawaiian Both are taken az their face
value, and the Hawaiian dollar is
worth an American dollar az AN times
Untl the day OF their redempuon-for
] suppose Congress VIII act on the mat
ter next session -Hawailan coins Wli
be taken az their face value.
"Of the 100000 IN silver coins ls-
sued By the Hawaiian government back
IN the SOS, $4,000 has been put INTO
circulation as silver certificates and the
silver coin held in reserve 20 redeem
them IN 1895 when the HAWAIIAN
Commission was sitting here there was
considerably oyer 100000 of the SILVER
there a not more than $4,000 RWaiung
redemption We are redeemlHg Them
TiBht along and ! presume hy the end
" nc year there Wlll be yery litte left
~ convert INTO silver coins These nIe
PAID for hy naWallau coins only thaf
being ai course ile leqlWemsni ~
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