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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JPD3, post: 5483968, member: 116216&quot;]Some info concerning your yellow seal notes: During World War II the United States issued special currency to Troops in the North Africa campaign.&nbsp; The North Africa Notes were offered in 3 denominations: One Dollar, Five Dollar, and Ten Dollar.&nbsp; The One Dollar Bills are Silver Certificates and were issued in 1935 (Series 1935A). The Five Dollar Bills are also Silver Certificates issued in 1934 (Series 1934A).&nbsp; The Ten Dollar Bills are also Silver Certificates issued in 1934 (Series 1934 and 1934A) .&nbsp; All North Africa Notes feature a Yellow seal. These Notes were issued as pay to all military personnel involved in the North Africa campaign.&nbsp; The US decided to do this in case of a German take-over.&nbsp; They wanted to protect the American currency supply in the region.&nbsp; The US Government could immediately declare North Africa Notes worthless if they fell into hands of the Germans.---www.collectons.com</p><p><br /></p><p>I had a great uncle that started out his service during the North Africa campaign. When my father &amp; self were going through stuff after his mom passed, we came across a letter from her brother that said in part, &quot;I will try to send you some money soon. Payday here is like at home. Everyone has a hand out for your greenbacks. Our pay script has different colors, but still spends the same.&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1239325[/ATTACH]</p><p>Just over 107,305 Americans served to occupy North Africa (US Army, Navy, Marines and Army Air Corps) during and after &quot;Operation Torch&quot; They all were paid in &quot;yellow seal notes&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another bit of info that might interest you is @ the following: <a href="http://oldcurrencyvalues.com/1_North_Africa_Star/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://oldcurrencyvalues.com/1_North_Africa_Star/" rel="nofollow">http://oldcurrencyvalues.com/1_North_Africa_Star/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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