US Military Payment Certificate 5 Dollars MPC Series 521

Military Payment Certificate 5 Dollars MPC Series 521
Series 521 $5 Military Payment Certificate
Series 521 Five Dollars MPC Military Payment Certificate
Series 521 Five Dollars MPC
US Military Payment Certificate 5 Dollars MPC Series 521

Obverse: Woman with flowers at center
Reverse: Lady Liberty - Woman with laureate wreath.

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: May 25, 1954
Redeemed: May 27, 1958
Number of Notes Printed: 6,400,000

It probably represents the best work that the Forbes Lithograph Corporation did. Forbes printed the entire 521 series. Despite getting creative with the design they still had to fit the text “for use only in united states military establishments by united states authorized personnel in accordance with applicable rules and regulations” into the design.

Series 521 Military Payment Certificate
One really neat thing about series 521 military payment certificates is that they were the first issue to have the denomination of each note printed on the reverse. All previous issues just had a standard generic design on the backs. This also marked the first time that Forbes Lithograph Corporation was responsible for the entire printing. Forbes incorporated “real people” into the designs of the one, five, and ten dollar denominations instead of the previous classically inspired designs. Series 521 MPCs were used in 19 different countries between May 25th, 1954 and May 27th, 1958. Almost 317 million dollars worth of currency was issued across all seven denominations during that time period.

5 Cent MPC Military Payment Certificate Series 521    10 Cent MPC Military Payment Certificate Series 521
25 Cent MPC Military Payment Certificate Series 521    50 Cent MPC Military Payment Certificate Series 521
$1 MPC Military Payment Certificate Series 521    $5 MPC Military Payment Certificate Series 521

5 Dollars  : United States Military Payment Certificates US MPC

 Military Payment Certificate 5 Dollars MPC Series 521