US Military Payment Certificate 10 Dollars MPC Series 641

Military Payment Certificate 10 Dollars MPC Series 641
641 $10 Military Payment Certificate
Series 641 Ten Dollars Military Payment Certificate
Series 641 Ten Dollars MPC Military Payment Certificate
US Military Payment Certificate 10 Dollars MPC Series 641

Obverse: Head of a Woman Facing Right. The woman vignette taken from 1896 $2 Dollar Bill Silver Certificate, Educational Series (Allegory of Commerce - seated at left)
Reverse: Head of Statue of Liberty, New York.
The $10 notes front design is a Marcus Baldwin engraving while the back, "Liberty", is a Richard M. Bower engraving.

Both sides say “for use only in united states military establishments by united states authorized personnel in accordance with applicable rules and regulations.

First Issued: August 31, 1965
Redeemed: October 21, 1968
Number of Notes Printed: 20,400,000

Military payment certificates for the series 641 were the first notes used in Vietnam; that is also the only country in which these were used. They were originally issued on August 31st, 1965. They were redeemed on October 21st, 1968. In total, a little over 283 million in face value was printed for series 641 MPCs. Lots of Vietnam veterans came home with these, so most aren’t rare.

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