Timeline

• 10.05.1842
• Law on the establishment of the Hawaii Treasury Board of the oversight of the finances; effective immediately
• 27.04.1846
• Law [Act to Organize the Executive Departments, No. 2] on the organization of the finance departments; effective immediately:
  - Section IV.1 defined the Hawaiian Dollar as national currency (valued identical to the United States Dollar) with coins of 1, ½, ¼, ⅛, ¹⁄₁₆ Dollar (silver) and 1, ½ Cent (copper)
  - Issuance of the copper Cent coin began in January 1847, no other coins were produced.
• 17.05.1859
• Civil Code; effective 01.08.1859:
  - Chapter IX established the Department of Finance (successor to the Treasury) with the authority to issue bearer certificates in foreign currency (§479)
  - Chapter XXXVI declared US subsidiary coins of 10, 5 Cents legal tender (§1485).
• 29.07.1872
• Law [Currency Act] on the sole legal tender status of United States silver coins, other coins remained receivable at public offices; effective immediately
• 19.09.1876
• Law [Currency Act], repealing the 1872 act, on the sole legal tender status of United States gold and (limited) silver coins; effective 01.03.1877
• ??.??.1879
• Issuance of silver certificates by the government
• 14.08.1880
• Law [Act to Provide for a National Coinage] on the issuance oh Hawaiian gold (20, 10, 5, 2½ Dollars) and silver coins (1, ½, ¼, ⅛ Dollar) in the specifications of the United States coinage; effective immediately:
  - 07.01.1884: Start of issuance of silver coins of 1, ½, ¼ Dollar, 10 Cents; the gold coins and the silver coin of 12½ Cents were not produced.
• 09.06.1884
• Law [Currency Act] on the sole legal tender status of United States gold coins and (limited) United States and Hawaiian silver coins; effective 01.12.1884
• ??.??.1895
• Issuance of gold and silver certificates by the government

Valuation Regimes

• 1846-1898
• Fixed rate against US Dollar

Timeline

• 14.01.1903
• United States Law [No. 25] on the demonetization of the Hawaiian silver coins and silver certificates; effective 31.12.1903 (coins) and 31.12.1904 (certificates)