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Scope and Contents Ten banknotes accumulated by a United States serviceman during the Vietnam War era. Four are United States Military Payment Certificates, Series 641, the scrip issued to American personnel in Vietnam between August 1965 and October 1968. The remaining six are circulating currency from Australia, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, the principal destinations for rest and recuperation leave and for transit during the period. No Vietnamese currency is present. The notes therefore document the...

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United States Military Payment Certificate, five cents, Series 641, position 62. Serial number J03182954J. Obverse shows a woman's portrait; reverse shows an eagle. Military Payment Certificates were issued to American military personnel overseas in place of United States dollars. Series 641 circulated from August 1965 to October 1968.

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United States Military Payment Certificate, one dollar, Series 641, position 9. Serial number J13504191J. Obverse shows a woman's portrait in profile.

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United States Military Payment Certificate, five dollars, Series 641, position 4. Serial number J01229904J. Obverse shows a woman's portrait facing forward.

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United States Military Payment Certificate, ten dollars, Series 641, position 9. Serial number J13267265J. Obverse shows a woman's portrait in profile; reverse shows the Statue of Liberty.

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Reserve Bank of Australia one dollar note. Serial number AYA 684453. Obverse shows Queen Elizabeth II and the Australian coat of arms. Reverse reproduces a bark painting by David Malangi Daymirringu, a Manharrngu artist from Arnhem Land. The Reserve Bank used the design without Malangi's knowledge when the note was introduced in 1966 and compensated him afterward. Signature pair reads as Phillips and Randall.

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Bank of Korea one hundred won note. Serial number 71 1194834. Obverse shows King Sejong the Great; reverse shows the Bank of Korea head office building. Issued 1965. South Korea was both a major troop contributor to the Vietnam War and a destination for American personnel on leave.

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Bank of Korea one thousand won note. Serial number 1469461. Obverse shows the Confucian scholar Yi Hwang, known as Toegye, with his dates 1501-1570 printed beside the portrait; reverse shows a Korean architectural complex, probably Dosan Seowon, the academy associated with him. First issued August 1975.

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Bank of Taiwan ten yuan note. Serial number E078054F. Obverse shows Sun Yat-sen; reverse shows a building. Printed by the Central Printing Factory. Taiwan served as a rest and recuperation destination for American personnel serving in Vietnam.

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Bank of Thailand one baht note, Series 9. Serial number T/461 283340. Obverse shows King Bhumibol Adulyadej in military uniform with a temple and chedi at center; reverse shows the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. Printed by Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited, London. Thailand hosted major United States air bases during the Vietnam War and was a primary rest and recuperation destination.