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VOL. 3 NO. 9

DECEMBER 14, 1983

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Everyone knows that along with the joyous season of Christmas comes crowds, long lines, and heavy traffic. But the Honolulu Coin Club will be giving its members, families, and guests a chance to take a break from the hectic holiday rush with its annual Christmas party.

The H.C.C, party will have a ‘‘Gala Night in Las Vegas’’ theme so a new series of Honolulu Coin Club ‘“‘paper money’’ will be issued (Number 2 in the series). The bills are in denominations of 10’s, 20’s, 50’s, 100’s, 500’s, and 1000’s, and will be used for the games and later to bid on items in the Club’s auction.

Designed by our Club’s Treasurer and ‘‘Resident Artist’’ Charlie Matsuda, each denomination will feature a King or Queen on the obverse and a transportation theme (‘‘Kalihi Coach Jitney’’,‘‘Oahu Railway’’ and the ‘‘Waianae Depot’’, etc.) on its reverse.

In addition, 2 sets of uncut bills will be auctioned off at the end of the gaming period and these sheets are to be considered the ‘‘key’’ to the series. I personally feel these bills are very collectable (Charlie has probably out- done himself this year) and to make them even more

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PRINCESS RUTH AND KAMEHAMEHA | STATUE ON HSNA MEDAL

The 20th Annual Hawaii State Numismatic Association will feature Princess Ruth Keelikolani, the high chiefess on the obverse of the HSNA medal. Princess Ruth was known as the last of the Kamehamehas. She was the aunt and godmother of Princess Kaiulani. The reverse of the medal features the statue of Kamehameha I, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the statue. The medals are made of 1 ounce silver and bronze. The medals will be sold to the public for $30.00 a pair.

To order the medal, send a check or money order to HSNA, P.O. Box 477, Honolulu, HI 96809 or to the Honolulu Coin Club, P.O. Box 6063, Honolulu, HI 96818.

GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST,

AND ON EARTH PEACE,

GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN. ST. LUKE

If you’re on a shopping spree, Ala Moana Shopping Center seems to be the answer. One of the largest shop- ping centers in Hawaii, you could pick up almost everything there from hats, suits, shoes, furniture, toys, etc.

It also has a very popular stamp and coin shop call-

ed the Ala Moana Stamp & Coin Co., Ltd. The shop is owned by Dave Martin who also owns the Alii Coin & Stamp Shop in Kaimuki. It is operated by Kim Martin, Dave’s daughter, and Wise Nicola, who manages the shop during the day. At night, you may see Alan Furukawa, a specialist of U.S., Hawaiian and foreign stamps, who has a degree in Art and is also an artist. There is also Harold Deabler, a retired doctor, Paul Won, an engineer for the City and County of Honolulu, and Melvin Uesato, a banker for Liberty Bank.

Ala Moana Stamp & Coin Co. was started in 1976 and is open for local and tourist shoppers. It has many assorted supplies of coins and stamps, metal detectors, books on coins and stamps, coins, tokens. stamps, medals, paper money, and other collectables.

The shop is open from 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Mon- day through Friday; 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday; and 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. If you are ever shopping in Ala Moana Shopping Center, stop by and browse around the shop. You might see something you would like, perhaps a nice gift item for Christmas. The people there are friendly, and there is a nice and inter- esting atmosphere.

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Honolulu Coin Club President’s Christmas Message

1983

Dear Members:

As this year, 1983, becomes just a part of history, I am writing to bid you all a fondest Mele Kalikimaka and Hauoli Makahikihou on behalf of the Honolulu Coin Club and the Board of Directors. It is my pleasure to again thank all our members, friends and guests for their continued support, generosity, hospitality and hard work to make this a most successful year in advancing our hobby.

Our first event of the year was our 2nd Annual HSNA Mini Show-held May 8th. The show was a great success with the help of Bourse Chairman, Francis Loo, and some of the members of the Honolulu Coin Club. We had over 300 people attending our show. There were a lot of door prizes and happy winners.

Honolulu Coin Club’s Statehood Show was the next event that was held on August 20, 1983. The show was held ‘at the St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Von Holt Room, as our annual summer event. As many local collectors gathered to see the show, it also turned out to be a suc- cessful show. The 20th Annual HSNA Show was held in the Queen Kapiolani Hotel in Waikiki. This year’s four- day show was held from November 10th to the 13th. As you know, the HSNA Show is Hawaii’s largest coin show that has been held since 1964. The Honolulu Coin Club closes the year with our Annual Christmas Party. It will be held for the third year in a row at the Daikoku Restaurant. It will be a fun event for the members and their guests.

If you have had the pleasure to attend the HCC meetings recently, you will have noticed that our Club has undergone many positive changes. We have our own Newsletter, ‘‘Nu Hou Dala Paa’’, in its third year of quali- ty coin news of Hawaii. This Newsletter has brought us much notoriety and many new members from around the world.

We have offered more prizes during the meetings and a membership prize for those members in attendance; an incentive to join and attend the meetings. The member- ship has taken a steady climb from 70 members in 1979 to over 180 members in 1983.

Our Board of Directors each has duties and respon- sibilities and are no longer officers in name only. Each

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The HSNA Hawaiian Fish Series of wooden tokens will be featuring a Lionfish. Known as Nohu Pinao, this will be the third of the series of Hawaiian fishes and will be in red color.

To order the wood tokens, send 25¢ for each token, plus a SASE, to Honolulu Coin Club, P.O. Box 6063, Honolulu, Hawaii 96818.

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(Reverse) desirable, all leftover notes and all notes redeemed for prizes will be destroyed. Remember, these notes will on- ly be used at the H.C.C. party and none will be available thereafter. Friends, food, and prizes should be the center of attention but these new H.C.C. paper bills just may be the center of attraction.

So escape the ‘‘Shopping Center Blues’’ for one night and plan to attend. The party will be held on December 17th, a Saturday, at Daikoku Catering, 1085 So. Beretania St., starting at 6:00 p.m. Hope to see you there. Aloha! Pau.

1984 COIN SHOWS IN HAWAII

May 5 HSNA Mini Coin Show Susannah Wesley Community Center

Honolulu Coin Club Show Pending

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director will help to achieve our goals for the year.

This year, the 11-member Board of Directors has ratified our new Constitution. Members of the Club can pick up a copy from the Secretary at our HCC meetings.

As the year draws to a close, the directors’ final goal of the year is planning a large scale drive to recruit new junior members for the Club—an important part of HCC future collectors. We will prepare a lesson for implemen-* tation in the schools of Hawaii by next year. Members who are retired or have extra time, please kokua this special committe.

Again, let me express my fondest Aloha Nui Loa and Mahalo!

Yours truly, 4B hink—

‘ Spee seine Gregory Hunt President, Honolulu Coin Club

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With Christmas just ine fs corner, the jolly old man with the red suit will soon be here. The history of Santa Claus goes back to about the 4th century. From the time of the Byzantine through the Renaissance Period, he was called ‘‘Saint Nicholas.’’ He was a good old man who brought gifts at Christmas time to the poor children and preached the Bible. In the mid 17th century. the Dutch called him ‘‘Sinter Klass’’. He was always pictured with a straw hat and a long smoking pipe, carrying toys and goodies for the children in a basket.

England had their jolly old man in the 1840’s. He was called ‘‘Father Christmas’’. This was during the time of Charles Dickens’s Christmas Carol. It must have been

_ avery colorful period, with Tiny Tim and Uncle Scrooge.

It came to the U.S. as Kris Kringle about 1860. You know Kris Kringle from the ‘‘Miracle on 34th Street”’ played by Edmund Gwenn, a 1947 movie played on TV about Christmas time. As you know him today, he is called Santa Claus, a fat man with always a jolly face, red suit and nine reindeer, that’s including Rudolph, of

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VOL. 3 NO. 9

DECEMBER 14, 1983

Wleriy (Gistmas and a My Ds Year!

GALA NIGHT IN LAS VAGAS

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The H.C.C. party will have a ‘‘Gala Night in Las Vegas’’ theme so a new series of Honolulu Coin Club “‘paper money”’ will be issued (Number 2 in the series). The bills are in denominations of 10’s, 20’s, 50’s, 100’s, 500’s, and 1000’s, and will be used for the games and later to bid on items in the Club’s auction.

Designed by our Club’s Treasurer and ‘‘Resident Artist’? Charlie Matsuda, each denomination will feature a King or Queen on the obverse and a transportation theme (‘‘Kalihi Coach Jitney’’,‘‘Oahu Railway’’ and the ‘Waianae Depot’’, etc.) on its reverse.

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PRINCESS RUTH AND KAMEHAMEHA | STATUE ON HSNA MEDAL

To order the medal, send a check or money order to HSNA, P.O. Box 477, Honolulu, HI 96809 or to the Honolulu Coin Club, P.O. Box 6063, Honolulu, HI 96818.

GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST,

AND ON EARTH PEACE,

GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN. ST. LUKE