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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nickrapak, post: 372672, member: 4587&quot;]The yellow seal that you have was used during World War II in North Africa.&nbsp; In case the Axis troops siezed a large amount of these notes, the US Gov&#039;t could make the notes worthless.&nbsp; Similar notes were used in Hawaii, but those had brown seals and HAWAII overprints.&nbsp; However, the North Africa notes were, for all intents and purposes, normal silver certificates, and Hawaii notes, normal silver certs and FRNs.&nbsp; These were only used for WWII.&nbsp; The normal seal colorings and meanings were:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">Yellow Seal</font></p><p>Gold Cerificates:&nbsp; directly backed up by gold bullion in the Treasury.&nbsp; Gold backing rescinded in 1933 after the gold recall.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">Blue Seal</font></p><p>Silver Ceritficates:&nbsp; directly backed up by silver bullion in the Treasury.&nbsp; Silver backing rescinded in 1968</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">Red Seal</font></p><p>United States Notes:&nbsp; Currency directly issued by the Treasury.&nbsp; A fixed value of notes remained &quot;in circulation&quot; form 1862 to 1994, when the law was rescinded.&nbsp; No bullion backing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">Green Seal</font></p><p>Federal Reserve Notes:&nbsp; issued by the Federal Reserve System. Backed up by bonds deposited in the name of the System at the Treasury.&nbsp; The only currently printed currency type.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">Brown Seal</font> </p><p>Federal Reserve Bank Notes/National Bank Notes:&nbsp; distributed by individual banks/FRBs.&nbsp; Backed up by bonds deposited in the name of the National Banks or FRBs.&nbsp; Small Size FRBNs issued during the Depression as an emergency measure.&nbsp; Bond type recalled in 1935.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>HTH,</p><p>Nick</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice note, BTW[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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