HI, i have a bunch of these foreign notes i got from my dad, these are just a few, i will be posting the rest asap, if you know what these are, please post a reply, with the number corresponding with the pic (ie: 0006, 0007)
1. 1944 Greece 5 million drachmai. 3. WWII Japanese Military Payment Certificate (MPC) for use in occupied Phillipines 4. 1987 Peru 100(cien) Intis 5. 1946 Hungary 100 million Pengo (from the hyper inflationary period and last year of the Pengo's use as currency) Sorry, can't help you with #2. Ben
Not quite. MPCs are notes intended for use by the issuing nation's troops in occupied territory which has its own currency. Your note is invasion money, which consists of notes (and occasionally coins) issued by the conquerors for use by citizens of the conquered territory. My references aren't handy at the moment, but if memory serves, your note was issued circa 1942-45. It is fairly common and certainly in that condition not worth a whole lot.
This is not exactly correct, either. Military Payment Certificates are specifically a series of notes issued by the United States for use by US military personnel and others designated by the authorizing commander in US military facilities. Their use was not restricted to occupied countries. In fact, most MPC was issued in countries where US military personnel were invited by the host nation. The intention of MPC was to limit black marketing while allowing the US personnel to be paid in US dollars instead of the local currency. The UK issued notes similar to MPC -- British Armed Forces Special Vouchers (BASFV).
You are absolutely correct, and I over-generalized in trying to distinguish currency intended for use by the issuer's armed forces from currency intended for use by the general populace of an invaded country. In fact, by the time I was being paid in MPCs, during and immediately after the Korean "Police Action", the Treaty of San Francisco was already in force, and the occupation of Japan had ended.
