OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
OFFICIAL 1993 HAWAIIAN SOVEREIGN COLLECTION FIRST GOLD PROOFS COLLECTION
THE OBVERSE OF EACH COIN HAS A FULL DEPICTION OF THE BRONZE STATUE OF KING KAMEHAMEHA I, WHICH STANDS ACROSS FROM THE IOLANI PALACE IN HONOLULU, DATE STAMPED ON BASE, INCRIPTION FLANKING STATUE "KING KAMEHAMEHA, SOVEREIGN HAWAII"
THE COMMON REVERSE OF EACH COIN DEPICTS A HAWAIIAN TWO-MASTED WA'A PELELEU WAR CANOE OR CATAMARAN WITH A ROYAL WAR MASK LEFT AND KOA WAR CLUB RIGHT, ROYAL HAWAIIAN SHIELD CENTER WITH THE KAHILI (ORIGINAL ROYAL STANDARD) AND TWO CROSSED PADDLES, HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE LEGEND "THE LIFE OF THE LAND IS PERPETUATED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS" WHICH WAS THE ROYAL MOTTO (SPOKEN BY KING KAMEHAMEHA III IN 1843) AS WELL AS THE CURRENT MOTTO OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
REEDED EDGES
X # MB86 1/20TH OUNCE (HAPAIWAKALUA MO'I) CONTAINS 1.5552 GRAMS OF .9999 FINE GOLD (0.0500 OZ AGW)
13.8 MM IN DIAMETER
X # MB87 1/10TH OUNCE (HAPA'UMI MO'I) CONTAINS 3.1103 GRAMS OF .9999 FINE GOLD (0.1000 OZ AGW)
16.5 MM IN DIAMETER
X # MB88 1/4 OUNCE (HAPAHA MO'I) CONTAINS 7.7758 GRAMS OF .9999 FINE GOLD (0.2500 OZ AGW)
22 MM IN DIAMETER
X # MB89 1/2 OUNCE (HAPALUA MO'I) CONTAINS 15.5515 GRAMS OF .9999 FINE GOLD (0.4999 OZ AGW)
27 MM IN DIMAETER
X # MB90 1 OUNCE (AKAHI MO'I) CONTAINS 31.1030 GRAMS OF .9999 FINE GOLD (0.9998 OZ AGW)
33 MM IN DIAMETER
1.8997 OUNCES TOTAL GOLD WEIGHT IN COMPLETE SET
KING KAMEHAMEHA I (CA. 1758-1819) (KNOWN AS "THE GREAT") WAS THE CONQUEROR AND UNIFIER OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND ESTABLISHED THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII IN 1810
BY ESTABLISHING ALLIANCES WITH THE MAJOR COLONIAL POWERS HE RETAINED HAWAIIAN INDEPENDENCE DURING HIS REIGN, AN INDEPENDENCE THAT WOULD LAST, EXCEPT FOR A BRIEF OCCUPATION BY THE BRITISH IN 1843, UNTIL ITS ANNEXATION BY THE UNITED STATES IN 1898
KAMEHAMEHA WAS A POWERFUL AND SKILLED WARRIOR WHO UPHELD ANCIENT HAWAIIAN TRADITIONS WHILE BRINGING AN END TO HUMAN SACRIFICE, UNIFYING HIS PEOPLE AND THE LAWS OF HIS KINGDOM AND PROMOTING TRADE WITH EUROPE AND AMERICA
HIS IMAGE APPEARS ON THE HAWAIIAN STATE QUARTER, THE ONLY MONARCH EVER DEPICTED ON UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND JUNE 11TH IS STILL CELEBRATED IN HAWAII AS KAMEHAMEHA DAY IN HIS HONOR
SET COMES IN ITS ORIGINAL 11" X 4 1/2" LUCITE PROTECTIVE HOLDER & OUTER PRESENTATION BOX
MINTED AT THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN MINT
SET #145 OF ONLY 400 MINTED!
