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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;phankins11, post: 2036258, member: 70703&quot;][USER=71338]@joecoincollect[/USER] I couldn&#039;t agree more.</p><p><br /></p><p>I read a great article in the June issue of The Numismatist about D Day Francs. Although they weren&#039;t coins, the US actually printed Francs for circulation. IIRC, it was, in part, due to the sheer numbers of men we were sending over. They were concerned it would deplete the currency stock pile to some degree. The idea was to give (and pay) each soldier a certain amount so they&#039;d have &quot;cash on hand&quot; while over there on the ground. Of course we&#039;d be procuring goods and services as well and this helped speed that up. The printing of these D Day Francs was actually a crucial step in Operation Overlord, of course devised and over seen by Ike himself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, IRRC, France and it&#039;s citizens weren&#039;t too keen on the idea and didn&#039;t like them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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