Well here are a pair that are just plain hard to come by from the Series 521 The $5 and $10 notes both in PCGS EF45 this a very high grade for both Of these notes with just a handful graded higher!! The $5 being the key!
Your rare box finds are absolutely magnificent. While the $10 note is beautiful, the $5 is stunning [design and use of colors]. I'm truly happy for you. Thanks for sharing. Good on you!!! BTW, another fun MPC story for the record. Taken from: answers.yahoo.com. Someone asked if Monopoly money was used in Vietnam before MPC was issued. One answer affirmed that soldiers from either the 39th or 69th Army Signal Corps unit, stationed at the Tan Son Nhut airbase, collected the money from all their Monopoly games and went on a wild spending spree in Saigon. The word was out, so everyone knew that military script was about to be issued, but not exactly when. As a result, the Vietnamese thought it was the real deal and happily [for the moment] accepted the game money. Leave it to the American GI --- If there is a will, they will innovate a way. An incident of this nature would have had to occure early in the war or at about the time of the start of the US troop build-up. The use of military script in the Nam began with Series 641, issued on 31AUG65.
That's hilarious, Dick! I bet there were a few guys who tried to use the "get out of jail free" card once in a while too Nice notes, MPC! Dave
Like i said the $5 is the key, the colors are just amazing in my top 3 for sure and In 45 only a couple are better it,s for sure a keeper
Dave, what you have said in jest, about the Get Out Of Jail Card, was factually accurate. East of Saigon was the massive Long Binh logistics complex. [Biggest in the world, some said.] Located there was the LBJ [Long Binh Jail.] We all were amused by the suggested reference to our then beloved Commander-in-Chief. Long story short, the LBJ had the reputation for being the worst place in Vietnam. The facility was kept purposefully primitive, prisoners were the dregs of society, problem MPs were assigned there as guards, the cooks were a sorry lot, food was bad, and inmate treatment was tough --- it was the dumping ground for worst of the worst. You didn't have to see it to believe it, its reputation was known country-wide. It was a hellhole within a hellhole. Therefore, and as a humorous good luck keepsake, GIs would tuck a Get Out Of Jail card behind the elastic strap going around their helmet. Whenever someone pulled something stupid or a harmless blunder, they would laugh and say, "what are they going to do to me, send me to Vietnam?" No one ever joked about going to the LBJ.
I can only imagine what that jail might be like, Dick. Interesting story, and I'm happy to hear the GI's seemed to have such a good sense of humor. Dave
