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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 1851382, member: 6986&quot;]As to your question about replacements on AMC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Series A yen - prefix letter H</p><p>Series B yen - prefix letter H except for the B-B block where the lack of the suffix indicates a replacement like MPC</p><p><br /></p><p>AMC lire - stars like US paper money</p><p><br /></p><p>AMC marks - replacements can only be identified on US printed notes.&nbsp; These are identified by the dash in the serial number.&nbsp; Do not confuse these with Russian printed notes.&nbsp; US notes will have the Forbes &quot;f&quot; hidden in the scrollwork (I will show this in a separate post).&nbsp; Russian notes will not have the &quot;f&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Russian notes were not intended as replacements as you suggest in Post 3.&nbsp; The Russians asked for plates and examples of the notes so they could duplicate them.&nbsp; They also received inks and dyes for the notes.&nbsp; The examples given were specimens.&nbsp; All AMC specimens were made from replacement notes because they had them leftover.&nbsp; So, the notes the Russians received as specimens all had the dash in the serial number.&nbsp; The Russians thought all notes printed by the US would have the dash because the example they were given had one.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is why the early Russian notes have dashes.&nbsp; When the Russians reached -99999999 they eliminated the dash for 100 000000.&nbsp; The break in the number is intentional.&nbsp; The Russians did not have numbering wheels that could print nine digits so they used two wheels for each number -- one with three digits and one with six digits.</p><p><br /></p><p>AMC shilling - no identifiable replacements</p><p><br /></p><p>AMC notes for Denmark - no identifiable replacements</p><p><br /></p><p>Supplemental Francs - large letter X near the serial number[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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