Military Money

The reason the early Russian printed notes have dashes in the serial number is that the image on the glass positive they were proivided was a replacement note which is signified by the dash. The Russians assumed the dash was part of the regular issue so they included it for all their notes with 8 digit numbers. When they turned over to 9 digit numbers, they did not have numbering machines that could hold that many numbers. They used a three digit wheel and a six digit wheel. This is why the first three numbers on the 9 digit Russian printed notes are often not in line with the last six. There is also often a gap between the third and forth numbers in the serial number.

 

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Thanks,I don't see the "F" Forbes in the corner,guess it's Russian printed.
Learning more every day,Thanks for sharing your extensive knowledge with us .

 

Seems that the dash isn't present....does that mean it is American even though the "F" Forbes insen't on the note ?

 

The Forbes "F" is on the note. Althought the image is not the greatest, it is in the scrollwork in the lower right corner.

The Russian half mark is a tough note to find.

 

The top note is genuine. The bottom is a reprint.

 

641 Series

Very good information for anyone buying on ebay .Thanks
Here are a few that just arrived in the mail. The 641 series here are from the Vietnam era.

 

Hi Bob,

Well i guess i just found you!!

Iam not sure if your still looking for the answer to this question?

But i will supply it any how:hail:

Series 471

Issued: March 10, 1947

Withdrawn: March 22, 1948


Theater of use, Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany,Greece
Hungary, Iceland,Italy,Japan, Korea,Morocco, Netherlands
Philippines, Ryukyus, Scotland, Trieste, Yugoslavia


Thanks, Rusty Email: mp4u@rocketmail.com

 

I just bid on one of these AMC ntoes this weekend ... wouldnt you know it that i submitted my bid, and forgot to check it lol my bid matched an earlier bid, and so i lost if only i had bid an extra buck lol

oh-well, lots of other notes out there...

 

Jon, don't feel too bad, I was going to bid on two auctions on Ebay last night, and I plain forgot! At least you made the effort and put a bid in...I didn't even remember to do that!!

Regarding the Allied Currency for Germany, the issue I have has the F in there too, I've been told where it is, I just can't find it.

Maybe it would help if somebody took my scan or your scan into Paint and circled the F it would help us find it?




Actually, I think I might have found it...down in the scroll on the bottom right...I've been looking at these notes for YEARS...it was the first international note I ever saw...and didn't notice that the scrolls on both sides are different....is that it?

 

This is a one mark, but it is in the same place. It is the small mark in the scrollwork just below the number 1.

 

On the 20, 50, 100 and 1000 mark notes the Forbes "f" is the upper right coner. This is a 100 mark. The "f" is immediately below the last 0 in 100.

 

BIG thanks Lettow! I'm embarrassed it took me this long to see it, even though I had already been told where it was! :|

 

Thanks for the info mpcusa ! Great site with good info,welcome,
connor1

 

My old roll searching eyes still didn't see it unless it is in the scroll design?

 

It is in the scrollwork.

 

double post...

 

I thought that was it nut didn't want to assume anything.

 

Nice MPCs

Hi mpcusa I see you have some nice MPCs on http://us.ebid.net/stores/MPC-USA

Like the $17,000 one,maybe for my birthday ...LOL

 

Hi Everyone,I found a few intresting MPCs on this mpcusa site,does anyone know anything about them. http://us.ebid.net/stores/MPC-USA

 

Yes, they are both very very rare examples, and so far, I have not found one that I was willing to pay the egregious asking price considering the condition of the notes.

The series 521 $5 borrows a vignette on the front that was proprietary to the BEP, but was used previously and most famously on the Bank of the Philippine Islands 10 Peso notes from 1908-1933:






The second note, the series 691 $5 was printed in 1969, and held potentially for use in South Korea - but was never used and was stored until 1999 when some were released to collectors. The balance of the issue was destroyed that year.