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Military Payment Certificate 10 Dollars MPC Series 521

Military Payment Certificate 10 Dollars MPC Series 521
Series 521 $10 Military Payment Certificate
Series 521 Ten Dollars Military Payment Certificate
Series 521 Ten Dollars MPC
US Military Payment Certificate 10 Dollars MPC Series 521

Obverse: Lady Liberty - Woman with laureate wreath.
Reverse: Allegorical woman representing America.

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: 24,400,000

It is pretty easy to understand the value of series 521 military payment certificates made for the ten dollar denomination. They were just issued in one print run. Over 24 million regular notes were printed, but only 285,000 replacements were issued. Replacements are worth about 20 times more money than standard issues. Both look very similar, each note says “for use only in united states military establishments by united states authorized personnel in accordance with applicable rules and regulations.” Replacement series 521 $10 bills have a serial number that does not end with the letter E.

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
$10 MPC Military Payment Certificate Series 521

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