New Mpc Pick Up Series 611 $5 in PCGS 64PPQ Very Choice new

Always looking for the best possible examples here,s another one i havent shared in awhile
Series 692 $1 in PCGS 68PPQ 1 of only 3 examples with none higher enjoy

 

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You got the top spot in the registry yet?

 

I have a few in this series 692 but picked this one up because of the rarity, i,am tied for the top spot
At PCGS in the Series 681

 

Your Series 692 $1 note is a mighty handsome example of MPC art.

Since this series was intended for issue in the Nam, it's interesting to note the huge differences between the N American bison [as shown] and the SE Asian water buffalo, both highly iconic of their respective regions. While the Asian water buffalo is a domesticated, placid beast of burden, the MPC buffalo has his head lowered and facing, while his tail is raised in the alarmed position. He looks as though he has just finished pawing the ground and is lining-up his sights for a charge. The choice of such an aggressive stance is rather interesting.

In the rural areas of Vietnam, public education ran to only the sixth grade. Village boys had the next few years, ages 12 thru 14, to develop as children before going to work in the rice paddies or hiring on as apprentices to one of the manual trades. The boys spent their days herding the village buffalo herd. As we patrolled the roads following along canals, we would wave to the boys who spent their days riding on the backs of their animals while they [the buffalo] fed on the vegetation that grew on the banks of the canals. The animals were largely submerged, so the boys would cross their legs over the buffalo's horns to keep their feet dry. At lunch time, elders from the village arrived in sampans with individual buckets of rice and fish for the boys. And there they were, enjoying a picnic lunch while sitting on the back of a buffalo, and while the buffalo slowly chewed its own lunch, freshly picked from the canal bank. When of age, those happy boys would be drafted by one side or the other and their peaceful lives changed forever. Not a pleasant prospect.

Great looking MPC note. Good work on your part. Thanks for sharing. Good on you!!!

 

gorgeous!

 

Another knock-out!

 

After seeing the beautiful, and interesting notes posted on this thread, I'm almost ashamed to post this rag.....but, it was given to me from my father that traveled the globe in the U.S.Navy. He gave me notes from the Phillipines, Hong Kong, the Bahamas, and several other countries.

 

Sentimental value far out ways any monetary value being from your fathers travel,s it,s deffenitley a keeper

 

Thoroughly agree. Yours is a family treasure. While it doesn't qualify to be slabbed or to command some outlandish collector value, it certainly deserves to be placed in a simple currency protector and taped to a page in your family's photo album. Right along with photos of your American hero, your dad, a proud Navy veteran. Include a brief note explaining its history, as you understand it. Slabbed examples don't come close to having the character that your family treasure possesses. You are a fortunate person!

 

very nice.

 

There it is again, thanks to the graciousness of Lady SunFlower --- that magnificent B-52, Stratofortress.

When operating in Chao Duc Province, along the Cambodian border, we would "feel" them even though we didn't see or hear them in flight. At first you thought you were experiencing some distant earthquake. Then you would hear the soft, muffled sounds of explosions and feel the ground quiver beneath your feet. It was B-52s carpet bombing the Ho Chi Minh trail, known as an Arclight Mission, and was taking place some 40-miles away from where we were. The intent was to disrupt the flow of supplies and men heading south from North Vietnam.

A number of the bombs were equipped with delay fuses. They would bury themselves in several feet of soil upon landing and would then explode when least expected. It was like living in a never ending minefield. I could never wrap my mind around how calmly the Vietnamese accepted this as a regular part of their fate. From prisoners, we learned that the majority of Northerners never expected to return home again. They expected death and prayed to Buddha for a quick and painless demise.

Lady SunFlower, if it isn't too personal, let us know what your retired farmer's reaction is to your new acquisition. Are you going to start feeding him a nourishing breakfast, help him lace his boots and kick him out the door, so that he can plant a few extra seeds to help fund your new hobby?

You certainly picked a winner for your first one. Thanks for sharing. Good on your good self!!!