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A 'Military Payment Certificate' I found in a stack of old currency (i.imgur.com)

submitted 9 months ago by GraniteM@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] uservoid1@lemmy.world 32 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

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

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Oh wow! You just unlocked a memory of mine of a M*A*S*H 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)

[–] KreekyBonez@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I always tell people who watch M*A*S*H to watch the European version without the laugh track. It's such a different show!