Military Payment Currency Guide

Just PM me or you can just post them here and i will give you some idea on
Value but for $5 you cant go wrong.

 

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Here,s some more, at random Series 692 $1 in PCGS68PPQ 1of 2 in this
Grade and none higher so very rare as well.

 

This is a very common note Series 661 $5 in regular unc. condition but is
in the highest grade at PCGS 68PPQ and is 1 of 7 in total population.

 

Here,s another good one from the Series 691 $1 in PCGS 68PPQ 1-2

 

Here,s one seldom seen in any condition ! Series 661 $10 in PCGS 67PPQ
1 of 2

 

This one is just gorgeous !! often called the Marilyn Monroe note, for obvious
Reasons, another less common note, this one in PCGS 66PPQ is a 1- 9
And there is one, in PCGS 67PPQ, but no 68,s, so as far as grade this
Is about as good as it gets.

 

Will leave it there for now, will post some more cool ones when
Time permits.

 

What I would like to know is what countries they represent. So when you post them could you add "US, or UK or whatever country they represent". I find it hard to believe that PMG or PCGS does not place a country name on the info banner.

 

MPC was only made by the US.

As I noted in a previous post, the British issued British Armed Forces Special Vouchers and British Military Authority notes.

All these are easily identifiable as the names are on the notes themselves.

 

So every item you displayed has "Military Payment Certificate", therefore all items are US. OK, that solves a lot of questions. Thanks again.

 

You were supposed to turn them in. So, relatively few were saved. As far as being "collectible" some people will collect anything, but, weirdness aside, I think that every US Government product has some following. MCPUSA is never at a loss to post his Super High Grade and Very Rare notes. I have a couple. Mostly, I have the average ones. I bought about 10 or 12 to show the people I was working with at the time. Even the colonels were young enough to be my children. No one had seen them in use. Some people knew the M*A*S*H episode where MAJ Winchester runs around trying to scam and skim them.


"To absent friends..."

 

Always here to welcome another MPC collector
i have many, and do enjoy showing them off when
Ever i get a chance..LOL

 

I brought some of mine home from Korea in the late '50's. These were old ones that were replaced by a new issue. How they survived my wife's housecleaning all these years is a miracle

 

So do you have Series 521 or 541 ? or both..LOL, you were talking late
50,s so i would assume those would be good guesses

When i first started out i focused on Vietnam issues such at the Series 681
so its my best complete set and consists of.

5 Cents- 68PPQ ( highest grade) 1-5
10 Cents- 68PPQ (highest grade) 1-6
25 Cents- 68PPQ (highest grade) 1-5
50 Cents- 68PPQ (highest grade) 1-4

$1Dollar- 68PPQ ( highest grade) 1-7
$5 Dollar- 68PPQ ( highest grade) 1-8
$10 Dollar- 69PPQ ( highest grade) 1-1
$20 Dollar - 68PPQ ( highest grade) 1-1

This didnt happen overnite as a matter of fact it took forever to
Find the 50 cent note in 68PPQ and finally found one from
another MPC collector last year ! with populations like these
It can take a lifetime to find everything you need.

 

I see series 461, with a number 24 underneath. What am I looking at for dates they were issued.

 

The first two numbers in the series are the year the series was ordered by the army. There is no date of issue on the notes themselves.

 

On your note the number 24 is a position number. It indicates what position the note was on the sheet.

The fractionals were printed 80 to a sheet, 1.00 were 70 to a sheet and higher denominations 56 to a sheet.

 

It helps to keep dollar values in mind. When I show MPCs to people today, the idea of 5-cent note seems unusual. However, measured against a first class letter, an ounce of gold, a gallon of gaoline, or a pack of Wrigley's gum, the 5-cent note is about like a dollar today.

 

Here,s a group of fractional,s from Series 661 set, a very common
but the 25 and 50 cents have only a 3-5 population 68PPQ