10 Dollars Military Payment Certificate, Series 591

10 Dollars US Military Payment Certificate, MPC Series 591
Series 591 Ten Dollars MPC
Ten Dollars United States Military Payment Certificate, Series 591
10 Dollars United States Military Payment Certificate, Series 591

Obverse: Portrait of a Woman engraved by Arthur Wasserbach.
Reverse: Vignette of Patria engraved by John Eissler, 1936.

Printed by Forbes Lithograph Corporation, Boston, MA; numbered and separated by Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
The red seal overprint is reminiscent of legal tender notes from the 1870s. The green background and image of a pretty female are very “MPC” though. The front and back of each note has text that reads “for use only in United States military establishments by United States authorized personnel in accordance with applicable rules and regulations.”

Countries of use: Cyprus, Iceland, Japan, Korea, Philippines.
Number of Notes Printed: 6,800,000
First Issued: May 26, 1961
Redeemed: Pacific: Jan 6, 1964, Europe: Jan 13, 1964.

As per usual, there were seven denominations issued, five cents, ten cents, twenty-five cents, fifty cents, one dollar, five dollars, and ten dollars.


5 Cent MPC Military Payment Certificate Series 591    10 Cent MPC Military Payment Certificate Series 591
25 Cent MPC Military Payment Certificate Series 591    50 Cent MPC Military Payment Certificate Series 591
$1 MPC Military Payment Certificate Series 591    $5 MPC Military Payment Certificate Series 591
$10 MPC Military Payment Certificate Series 591

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