$1 Dollar USA Military Payment Certificates Consecutive 472 MPC England Germany - $68 - (Richmond, VA)

This auction is for a pair of consecutively numbered ONE Dollar US Military Payment Certificates from series 472. They say "for use only in United States Military establishments by United States authorized personnel in accordance with applicable rules and regulations" The front shows the Seal of the United States. The back has another depiction of the United States Seal. These certificates were used in Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Ryukyus, Scotland, Trieste, and Yugoslavia from March 22nd, 1948 until they were withdrawn on June 20th, 1951. The Series 472 Military Payment Certificates were printed by Tudor Press Incorporated in Boston, Massachusetts; numbered and separated by Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Note that 3,808,000 finished certificates were destroyed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing! Military Payment Certificate (MPC) or American Military Scrip Military Payment Certificate Military Payment Certificate is defined as "an instrument (scrip) denominated in US dollars that is used as the official medium of exchange in US military operations designated as military payment certificate areas". It was also called MPC. These certificates were used in Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Morocco, Netherlands, the Philippines, Ryukyus, Scotland, Trieste, and Yugoslavia from September 16th, 1946 until they were withdrawn on March 10th, 1947. The Series 461 Military Payment Certificates were printed by Tudor Press Incorporated in Boston Massachusetts. Military payment certificates (MPCs) were used from 1946 to 1973. Prior to that time U.S. military personnel stationed overseas were paid in Allied military currency, produced by the major Allied countries, or in the currency of the country in which they were stationed. The need for this system arose because of the necessity to transact business with the locals…

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