Military Payment Currency Guide

Well...there were no MPCs in WWII. If you know the year of the note, it's only speculation which theater it may have ever entered. Did a gem uncirculated note ever leave the BEP? The installation Finance office? Did it make it to Vietnam, Korea, Germany? No way to know. Just like a coin - no way to know where it was used.

 

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This information should be on the grading certificate, not sure why they dont
Include it, but i will be glad to address your complaints...LOL

This could turn in to a very lengthy post, but will keep it simple on what i
Have already posted

The $20 PCGS 68PPQ and the $10 PCGS 67PPQ are both from the Series 661

Series 661
Issued: October 21st 1968
Withdrawn: August 11th 1969

Prime usage: Vietnam

There wee actually several sets that covered the Vietnam years, i will cover each
Significant series with an example

 

Series 641
Issued: August 31st 1965
Withdrawn: October 21st 1968

Prime usage: Vietnam







This is one of my top of the pops in 68PPQ which is the highest known grade

 

The Series 681 actually follows the 661 by date, so just follow issue and withdrawn
Dates;

Series 681
Issued: August 11th, 1969
Withdrawn: Oct 7, 1970

Primary usage: Vietnam

Believe it or not i have allot of top pops, you would think there as
Common as water. LOL

 

Series 692
issued: October 7. 1970
Withdrawn:March. 1973

Primary usage: Vietnam








Water is still flowing

 

Series 1946.

Series 1946.





1954. Some say the Korean War was over, but my father was shot by a sniper while patrolling the DMZ after the armistace. No Purple Heart.

 

Dated 1944. American occupation currency for France.

 

Your father has my thanks and respect.

 

Don't tell the French it was occupation currency. The proper name for the French notes are supplemental francs. Their status resulted in a minor diplomatic uproar. It was not until August 1944 that the Committe for French Liberation recognized supplemental francs as legal tender in France.

 

Well, to me that,s just a technicality ! to deny someone a military honor just
Because they say the war was over is awful obviously the sniper did know the
War was over.

 

Do position numbers ever determine the value of an MPC? Recently purchased a very used $1 from Series 521, position number 1. The serial number is sorta on the low side (E00003869E).

 

regardless of anything else condition is the number one thing to look
For when determining value, then there,s the printed population 28,000.000
Of these were delivered, which is one of the highest printings in the entire
MPC Series !! also have been collecting MPC for over 20 Years, low serial
Numbers can bring an added premium but it would have to be a two
Digit number to grab my attention, as far as the position number i would
Have to say no on that as well, if you would like to post a picture
I would be glad to give you an estimated value

I have never really focused on this particular Series but i do have a few
here,s one Series 521 $1 in PCGS65PPQ and this would have a value
Between $95 - $105 just to give you an idea.

 

Because of the way the sheets were cut, there are some positions that have better centering than others.

 

Here,s a good example, since i am very familiar with the Series 681
The position # 19 in $10 will yield great results in a note that is raw
And gem.

 

if you find a high grade note, you will usually find a pattern of the same
Position # for this note the magic number is 19, you can see that the
Above notes are only about 320 off in serial number, so these were actually
Getting better as they were going along, a real good possibility of 70
In this group

 

I don't have the means to post an image now, but this is a low-condition note and would have minimal value.

 

Ok, if you have any other questions please let me know.

 

Value is subjective. Don't get caught up in the mentality that only high grade examples are collectable. Obviously don't pay high grade money for a lower grade but this hobby can be enjoyed on any budget. Good luck!

 

There is no doubt about it, when i started my collection it was all raw
And most sets you can build in VF+, for very little cash especially series
like the 641, 661 , 681 most in those series i would call affordable
Start small and build one set at a time, and best of all enjoy the hobby

 

I've got some of these myself. I also collect Occupation Currency such as the Japanese Pesos, Gulders and such. I've read that the U.S. counterfeited an enormous amount of the Japanese Occupation Money, especially for the Philippines currency.
I'd really like to know how to tell the real from the fake in those notes. I actually would like to have some of both, but I want to be able to tell them apart.
I won a few eBay auctions that had some Japanese Philippine notes, and they were stamped in black as being evidence in a lawsuit against the U.S. for having flooded the Philippines with fake Japanese Occupation notes and thus causing great economic damage to the businesses there. So of course, being stamped, these are known fakes.
Since these notes were counterfeited by our own government, they must be really hard to tell apart, although I would think our government might put something on or in those notes to make them easier to recover and remove from circulation after the war, but again, I think I remember reading that the fact that they did not do that, is part of the basis for the lawsuit.
Any knowledge on those?