Valued image set: Hawaii overprint banknotes

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This is a valued image set on Wikimedia Commons. The image has been assessed under the valued image criteria and is considered the most valued image set on Commons within the scope:
United States Banknotes, World War II Emergency Issue, Hawaii overprint banknotes.

You can see its nomination at Commons:Valued image candidates/U.S. Banknotes (Hawaii overprint series).

Hawaii overprint notes were issued in $1, $5, $10, and $20 denominations through the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco during World War II. In the event of a Japanese invasion of Hawaii, all notes with the “Hawaii” overprint would be demonetized.