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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 2463987, member: 24274&quot;]A few years have passed since this thread has had a new post, but a number of souvenir cards have been issued since then with engravings that match MPC. So, time for an update.</p><p><br /></p><p>By now, I think most MPC collectors know of the BEP&#039;s &quot;Defenders of Freedom&quot; intaglio print set and the recent follow-up &quot;<a href="http://www.moneyfactorystore.gov/intaglioprintsubscriptiondefendersofdemocracy1.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.moneyfactorystore.gov/intaglioprintsubscriptiondefendersofdemocracy1.aspx" rel="nofollow">Defenders of Democracy</a>&quot;, both of which feature the fronts and backs of some high value MPC. The MPC on those cards, however, were printed in four-color offset -- not steel engraved. And the intent of this thread was to show the <i>original engravings</i> used as the basis for the actual MPC, which were all printed using commercial lithography. So only a few from the Defenders series are appropriate to include here.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are the latest additions, using SCCS catalog numbers (Defenders of Democracy haven&#039;t yet been assigned numbers). The MPC images are not mine, just nice, representative notes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Series 521 $10 (back).....B307</p><p>&quot;Justice&quot; engraved by Marcus Baldwin. Note on the MPC, the shield has been altered slightly to resemble a coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]517075[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517076[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517077[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Series 681 fractionals.....B310 (and Navy Defenders of Democracy).</p><p>The sub vignette, engraved by Edward R. Felver in 1966, is an enlarged version of the one on B244, posted earlier.</p><p>Series 681 $5......B310 (and Navy Defenders of Democracy).</p><p>The sailor vignette, engraved by Joseph S. Creamer, Jr. in 1966, has been reversed, relative to the MPC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]517079[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]517080[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]517094[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Series 681 $1 (front and back)...…B312 (and Air Force Defenders of Democracy)</p><p>The vignettes of Four Aircraft in Flight and Head of Pilot were both engraved by Charles A. Brooks in 1966.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]517082[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517083[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]517093[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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