This is a unique specimen I obtained from author Lynne Meredith. Mintmaster Bernard von NotHaus of the Royal Hawaiian Mint created this presentation piece for her for the work she performed in support of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement. She watched him perform multiple strikes on this coin to create this unique proof specimen. The die pairing is a “mule” (mismatched pair of an observe die and reverse die to form a new coin). In this case here, the obverse die of 1994 Princess Kaiulani and reverse die of a 1996 Mahalo Dala were struck together to create this one of a kind coin.
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