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<p>[QUOTE="Legomaster1, post: 4893241, member: 101260"]Just like with the Hawaii issues, the US government was worried that the Germans could potentially capture the American money supply in N. Africa. The yellow seal would effectively cancel it if it fell into the wrong hands.</p><p>And for your earlier question- Series 1934A notes were printed well into the 1940s. This note has W.A Julian and Henry Morgenthau signatures (Julian was U.S treasurer until 1949, and Morgenthau served as treasury secretary until 1945).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Legomaster1, post: 4893241, member: 101260"]Just like with the Hawaii issues, the US government was worried that the Germans could potentially capture the American money supply in N. Africa. The yellow seal would effectively cancel it if it fell into the wrong hands. And for your earlier question- Series 1934A notes were printed well into the 1940s. This note has W.A Julian and Henry Morgenthau signatures (Julian was U.S treasurer until 1949, and Morgenthau served as treasury secretary until 1945).[/QUOTE]
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