Eclectic Numismatic Treasure (Canes & Wands)

Hawaiian walking stick (32") topped with an 1883 Hawaiian dollar. Inscription reads "Presented by the inmates of / Kalihi Reccu Station / Dr. Walter Hoffman." Hoffman was a doctor who fought against a plague outbreak in 1900, this piece was presented to him in honor of his service. 

Reference:

Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown (Oxford University Press, 2005).

Hawaiian walking stick (32") topped with an 1883 Hawaiian dollar. Inscription reads "Presented by the inmates of / Kalihi Reccu Station / Dr. Walter Hoffman." Hoffman was a doctor who fought against a plague outbreak in 1900, this piece was presented to him in honor of his service. 

Reference:

Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown (Oxford University Press, 2005).

Hawaiian walking stick (32") topped with an 1883 Hawaiian dollar. Inscription reads "Presented by the inmates of / Kalihi Reccu Station / Dr. Walter Hoffman." Hoffman was a doctor who fought against a plague outbreak in 1900, this piece was presented to him in honor of his service. 

Reference:

Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown (Oxford University Press, 2005).