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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 5482611, member: 6986&quot;]While yellow seal dollars may have been legal tender in Italy until 1945, they were only issued during the initial invasion.&nbsp; This was also true in North Africa.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yellow seals were used only to pay US military personnel during the early part of the campaign.&nbsp; They were referred to as spearhead currency.&nbsp; This was necessary in Italy for operational security.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Allied Military Lire notes did not receive their final printing including the denomination and country of issue until immediately before the invasion occurred.&nbsp; This was to prevent German agents in the US from finding out that Italian money was being printed.&nbsp; The AMC lire notes were still in the US when Sicily was invaded.&nbsp; Once there was a foothold and sufficient stocks of AMC lire were in country, the yellow seal dollars stopped being paid out by the finance offices. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;British Military Authority notes were used in a similar fashion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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