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here is your info Jen
2nd series
pick #20 I believe
year 1946
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I don't know anything at all about them but I was considering buying one or two the other day on ebay. I decided to opt out for now; I find them interesting because they are different, but were they real money? They seem more like the paper equivalent of tokens to me. |
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It is a 1 pound voucher for british armed forces. On the reverse it reads:
This note is valid only for transactions within official canteens and organisations laid down in G.R.O.s of the theatre. Except as may be expressly provided in G.R.O.s. It must be in no circumstances be offered to any person who is not entitled to use British service canteens. Improper use of this note is a disciplinary offence and may render the offender liable to penalties.
Thanks for the information scoutjim!
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Military notes are real currency at the time of the various wars they were issued in. You could use them to purchase goods and services. The US Armed Services have many such notes from WWII to Vietnam. They are sort of like the old WWII ration cards / stamps. They have no real value now outside of collectors and history buffs.
Not familiar with GB military notes but the August 07 issue of PaperMoney by Coin Worlds has a great article on US Military notes.
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Great Britian issued similir notes
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These notes are generally known as "MPC" for Military Payment Certificates, also known as "Script". They were issued in the same denominations as coins except for the one cent, and for various dollar denominations. the larger denominations were usually "cashed in" on returning from overseas instead of kept for a souvenir, therefore are less common and more costly on the collector market
The use of Script prevented black market use of US currency, The script was changed to a different series without warning allowing only military personnel to exchange for the new series, thereby making any Script held by civilians worthless.
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Edited by scoutjim99
06/24/2007 5:29 pm
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There's an excellent article on these notes, called British Armed Forces Special Vouchers (BAFSV) in the June issue of the Australasian Coin & Banknote Magazine. Your £1 notes are from the 2nd series, I believe; according to the article, these were used by British troops stationed in occupied Austria, Germany, Trieste and Japan in the late 1940s, and later in Singapore (1950s and '60s) and West Berlin (1959-1979); the later-made Berlin notes were done on watermarked paper.
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I have a bank note just like it but it says 4th series. thanks for the links for information on it. DOBIE66
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