Military Payment Certificates MPC's

Transitional//EN"> Military Payment Certificates MPC's

It was illegal to have American dollars in Vietnam, so we were paid in MPCs, Military Payment Certificates MPC's, In October 1968 the series changed from Series 641 to 661. This was done in an attempt to render useless the money hoarded by black marketeers.
Series 641 Five Cents Ten Cents Twenty-Five Cents Fifty Cents One Dollar Five Dollars Ten Dollars	After 1968 Series 661 Five Cents Ten Cents Twenty-Five Cents One Dollar Twenty Dollars (see above)
Although the local money was universally called "piasters", this was a holdover from the French Colonial days. As you can see, all of the Vietnamese money was calculated in "dong". In the light blank area on each bill you can see, if you hold it up to the light, a watermark. Unfortunately it doesn't show up on the scans.
20 Piaster Note 50 Piaster Note	100 Piaster Note 1000 Piaster Note