Week #193 - Happy Holidays

[Guest]

QUESTION:

 

The WWII Hawaiian notes were distinguished from other notes issued at that time by the use of an overprint on both the front and back of the note. What was used to distinguish the North Africa emergency notes from other notes issued at the same time?

 

 

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[EricG]

Brown Seal

[jayjay2789]

Blue serial and yellow seal

[midwest]

on the front the seal is a golden yellow color.

[HaydenTubbs]

Yellow seal

[Weidel Legacy Collection]

US African notes were printed with yellow trasury seals rather than the usual blue.

[Allmancoins-migration]

The Gold Seal on the Note.

[JamminJ]

yellow seals

[cpm9ball]

Yellow seal.

[mark]

The bills had a yellow seal.

 

Mark

[jtryka]

they had a yellow treasury seal.

[Here]

The North African Notes have YELLOW SEALS. Also, not only do Hawaiian Notes have the overprint, but they have a BROWN SEAL.

 

 

 

Jerry

[HKnJ-migration]

The yellow seal.

[gmarguli]

The seal was yellow in color.

[Admiral Mike-migration]

The silver certificates used in North Africa by our troops were marked with a distinctive YELLOW treasury seal. $10 silver certificates series 1934/1934A.

 

Respectfully,

Michael W. Cooper

[Guest]

QUESTION:

The WWII Hawaiian notes were distinguished from other notes issued at that time by the use of an overprint on both the front and back of the note. What was used to distinguish the North Africa emergency notes from other notes issued at the same time?

 

ANSWER:

 

The Blue seal normally used on silver certificates was replaced with a Gold seal on North African notes

 

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[mark]

Thank you VERY much!

 

Mark