6011

2PE-7 (1844) HOOKAHI DOLLAR ($1.00) KINGDOM OF HAWAII, “Bernard” Money. PMG-50.

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2PE-7 (1844) HOOKAHI DOLLAR ($1.00) KINGDOM OF HAWAII, “Bernard” Money. PMG-50.
SOLD
40,000.00USD+ buyer's premium (8,000.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 15 @ 16:03UTC-8 : PST/AKDT

Lot: 6011
Header: UNIQUE 1844 “BENARD” MONEY
Title: 2PE-7 (1844) HOOKAHI DOLLAR ($1.00) KINGDOM OF HAWAII, “Bernard” Money. PMG-50.
Description: Just a few circulation smudges but no apparent folds. Well centered on thick cardboard stock. A map of the Hawaiian Islands is illustrated on the note which is mounted on heavy cardboard stock. The letters B-E-R-N-A-R-D appears on the top and bottom between the compass degrees in the squares along the border. Reverse is blank.
From Hawaiian Money by Don Medcalf and Ronald Russell, “A Frenchman, John Bernard, and Englishman, Godfrey Rhodes, leased 150 acres of land in Hanalei, on the Island of Kauai, from the Hawaiian Government. This lease consisted of 2 parcels of land forming the basis in 1842 of Hawaii’s first extensive and successful coffee plantation. About $850 of scrip was printed for John Bernard who tragically drowned in 1845.”
Only $850 worth of notes were printed for Bernard by the Lahainaluna Seminary. No others are known to exist!
PMG population of 1-0

Low Estimate: 20000
High Estimate: 35000
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Pedigree/Collection: Ex: A.J. Ostheimer, III; Superior 2/75:1487