Spotty medal from Franklin Mint sold today. I was hesitate in buying due to condition (offer made and rejected).  Medal is from the State of the Union Treasure series. From my  previous communication with the seller (no response), I requested images of the medal as he listed the entire set. I was to provide credit in my book (Franklin Mint Medals Relating to Hawaii) as I did not have an image. Now that he has broken up the set and images are public domain I will incorporate it in the next book revision.

Found this Hawai’i government document from the 1990’s that supports some of my findings.

This document also provides the price for a lunch over the years.

I’m part of the boomer generation and still remember the morning snack of juice and cracker for a nickel during my days at Waipahu Elementary School. Also, working the cafeteria every once in a while (which everyone in the 6th grade did had their turn).

Lastly, I really hit the nail on the head with identifying the Normal School as the impetus for the Hawai’i school lunch program.

A historical article on the Hawaiian monetary system by Dr. Ernest Andrade

https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10524/415/JL11103.pdf?sequence=2

The blog entry is an attention grabber headline so that you can understand the status of two executive agreements entered into in 1893 between the United States President Grover Cleveland and Queen Lili‘uokalani of the Hawaiian Kingdom, called theLili‘uokalani Assignment (January 17, 1893) and the Agreement of Restoration (December 18, 1893). The Lili‘uokalani Assignment mandates the President to administer Hawaiian Kingdom law, and the Agreement of Restoration mandates the President to restore the Hawaiian Kingdom government as it was prior to illegal landing of U.S. troops on January 16, 1893, and thereafter the Queen to grant amnesty to certain people who committed treason.

Under international law, the Hawaiian Kingdom as it was in the 19th century is presumed to continue to exist today with all its laws intact, unless the United States can show that it unequivocally extinguished Hawai‘i’s sovereignty under international law.

I recommend that you either read or watch videos (on youtube or vimeo) on the doctoral research completed by Dr. Keanu Sai and/or discussions on the topic of . His doctoral research is on the US government occupation of Hawai’i.

Videos

http://vimeo.com/102709086

http://youtu.be/e2ieuLEZZnI

You can also search for “Keanu  Sai” on youtube

Publications/Websites

http://hawaiiankingdom.org/blog/

http://hawaiiankingdom.org/

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~anu/  (select publication (on top) and look for his Doctoral Dissertation)

As for the status of the Kingdom of Hawaii coinage and paper money, based on the Dr. Keanu Sai research findings, it can be said that the demonetizing of the Kingdom of Hawaii coinage and paper money was an illegal artifact of the insurgency and occupancy. Prior to the insurrection, the Kingdom of Hawaii monetary system was in par with the US monetary system.