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5 Cents Military Payment Certificate
| Issuer | United States Military Payment Certificate |
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| Year | 1946-1947 |
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| Printer | Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company |
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| Obverse description | Black and teal letterpress print on pale ground. Left half occupied by an elaborate guilloche vignette enclosing the numeral '5' and the words FIVE CENTS within a scalloped cartouche, flanked by ornamental scrollwork. Series designation '461' appears at lower left, with the full restrictive usage legend and the '5¢' numeral at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | MILITARY PAYMENT CERTIFICATE FOR USE ONLY IN UNITED STATES MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS BY UNITED STATES AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE RULES AND REGULATIONS. SERIES 461 5¢ |
| Reverse description | Printed in dark brown on a pink guilloche underprint with scrollwork arabesques. The upper three-quarters carry the full restrictive usage legend in bold letterpress text. A lower panel contains a central vignette of the United States Great Seal eagle within an ornate cartouche, flanked by floral cornerpieces, all within a fine engine-turned border. |
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