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rachums107 Pillar of the Community United States 3345 Posts	Posted 09/30/2012 10:37 am In the topic by Henry 2, https://goccf.com/t/130279 he mentions that the note was a "north africa note". What on earth does that mean? Thanks in advance Report this Post to the Staff

TJB17 Valued Member United States 492 Posts	Posted 09/30/2012 11:12 am From USRareCurrency.com: Quote: North Africa Notes were a special issue of Silver Certificates (in $1, $5 and $10 denominations), to be used by the American troops in North Africa and Sicily during the US's initial involvement in the war. These are readily identifiable, as they're Silver Certificates printed with yellow treasury seals (rather than the blue treasury seal characteristic of silver certificates of the era). This was done to protect the money supply in the event that the bad guys got hold of all that currency; it could be easily identified (and disavowed) if necessary. They did the same thing with notes in Hawaii too, except they had brown seals and "Hawaii" written on the front and back of the bills. Edited by TJB17 09/30/2012 11:14 am Report this Post to the Staff
rachums107 Pillar of the Community United States 3345 Posts	Posted 09/30/2012 1:53 pm Ohhhh thank you Report this Post to the Staff
Nickelman Pillar of the Community United States 1397 Posts	Posted 09/30/2012 4:01 pm Those terms will catch someone off guard at first, since people's first thought is "it looks like a US note to me!" There is also a red seal "funny back" one dollar that you will see referred to as a Puerto Rico note. It was so called because after being printed the whole lot of them sat in storage at the Fed for some 15 years. They were finally released for circulation in Puerto Rico following a natural disaster. Only 5000 of them were circulated by mistake in the US so when you see a serial number lower than 5000 the value goes up. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 09/30/2012 8:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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