1934 5 Dollar Hawaii Overprint FRN - VF (Very Fine) Grade - 1935 Hawaii Five Dollar Brown Seal - 1934 Hawaii Overprint Fr2302

This listing is for the photographed 1934 Hawaii $5 Federal Reserve Note issued during WWII - VF (Very Fine) Grade / Condition, as pictured. Fr#2302

A Hawaii overprint note is one of a series of banknotes (one silver certificate and three Federal Reserve Notes) issued during World War II as an emergency issue after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The intent of the overprints was to easily distinguish US currency captured by Imperial Japanese forces in the event of an invasion of Hawaii and render the notes worthless. Although a sizeable number of the notes were recalled and destroyed after the end of World War II, many escaped destruction and exist as collectibles of numismatic interest in the present day.