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Bedrock of the Community
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Celtic - Me too, but I'll always wonder why - the design decisions on the NA and Hawaii notes were so different, even though carried out at basically the same time.
Hi mfhorn - My standards should be the same, but right now I have a pile of two dozen PMG, CGA and raw Hawaii notes that I need to consolidate.
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Pillar of the Community
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but right now I have a pile of two dozen PMG, CGA and raw Hawaii notes that I need to consolidate. I'll forward my address if you need any help.  |
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The North Africa/Sicily notes have always seemed a bit odd to me. The Hawaii overprint makes a lot of sense - life was going on there at full blast during the war, and US currency was the everyday medium of exchange. But in North Africa, I've never really understood how the notes were used - I would guess that most soldiers had much of their pay sent back stateside, and of course MPCs were probably in regular use. These notes were not local currency, so what was the need for so many to be printed? Thoughts?  Edited by Coinfrog
06/04/2016 5:21 pm
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Coinfrog; Here's what I found.
The North Africa yellow seal notes, however, were specifically designed for soldiers serving on the continent of Africa during our involvement in World War II. These notes were brought over by soldiers for the purchasing of toiletries and personal supplies. The reason for the yellow seal, instead of the regular blue, was so that the Germans, upon capturing soldiers with the yellow seal notes, couldn't counterfeit large sums of money and devalue our economic status.
After the US was no longer considered to be "occupying" a country, our soldiers were stationed there to protect our interests. This is when Military Payment Certificates were created.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Understand, thanks. But where would troops spend this currency - at PXs and Navy canteens? Couldn't have been many Rite-Aids in Morocco back then.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm sure they saw some heavy use in poker games!
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Great set, Coinfrog! Nothing like going top dog. As another way to collect SCs, I'm looking into getting one myself- only one, though- maybe, one from NA and one from HI.
Besides, the poker games and Lucky Strikes in Africa, I'd guess the notes were used by our men throughout their endeavors in Europe.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Somehow this thread got revived - I'd forgotten about it! Anybody else making progress on their NA set?
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Pillar of the Community
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A great revival. Those are beautiful notes MrFrog. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Somehow this thread got revived - I'd forgotten about it! Anybody else making progress on their NA set? My progress is going backward. I've lost or given up at 4 auctions in the last 2 weeks trying to get an NA note. Next up is an auction for a Hawaiian this Sunday. Only, I don't like them as much as they're not SCs. One of the things that I noticed on some of the NA notes were errant printing lines in the margins of some. Looks like they were meant to be a centering line gone wrong but I'm not sure. Not really a big deal except when you're paying top money for a gem or better.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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ron - Is this your note? Those marks, both vertical and horizontal, are quite common and are not a factor in grading. They don't bother me.
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No, it's not mine but it's similar to one I was bidding on. On that note, the little line segment, exactly the same size, was in a different place on the top margin. Never noticed it on other notes besides the NAs.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I recently acquired a nice ungraded $1 NA note, but that's as far as I've gotten. I do have my eye on a graded 66 $1 NA but can't quite bring myself to pull the trigger. Maybe when I see what the ol' tax refund looks like.
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