The king who created the coins of the hawaiian dollar ruled from 1825 to 1854.
In 1847, the Kingdom of Hawaii, under the reign of King Kamehaheha III, issued its first official coinagea large one-cent copper pennyto alleviate the chronic shortage of small denomination coins circulating in the Hawaiian Islands. 
Kamehameha III (born Kauikeaouli) (1813  December 15, 1854) was the King of Hawaii from 1825 to 1854. 
