A 'Military Payment Certificate' I found in a stack of old currency
A 'Military Payment Certificate' I found in a stack of old currency
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_payment_certificate
Military payment certificates, or MPC, was a form of currency used to pay United States (US) military personnel in certain foreign countries in the mid and late twentieth century. They were used in one area or another from a few months after the end of World War II until a few months after the end of U.S. participation in the Vietnam War – from 1946 until 1973.
Type: Series 591
Denomination: One Dollar
Number of Notes Printed: 10,080,000
First Issued: May 26, 1961
Redeemed: January 6, 1964
Value In Very Low Grades: $5
Value In Perfect Condition: $200
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Oh wow! You just unlocked a memory of mine of a MASH episode where they have to exchange their military scrip from one color to another because of counterfeiting or profiteering or something.
EDIT: Looks like this is the episode- https://mash.fandom.com/wiki/Change_Day_(TV_series_episode)
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just watched that episode recently! there's a ton of small historical details in the show.
I just watched one that utilized an older anaesthetic called curare, and discusses how it was banned for a time, which was true, until safer versions were synthesized.
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I always tell people who watch MASH to watch the European version without the laugh track. It's such a different show!
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