1946-1947 United States Series 461 25 Cents Military Payment Certificate.

Serial number A 03268173 A. Rare MPC in Beautiful Choice Uncirculated Grade.

Between 1946 and 1973 the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) produced Military Payment Certificates (MPC) for the U.S. Department of Defence. MPCs were a form of scrip (paper money issued for temporary use) used to pay U.S. military and civilian personnel and to conduct other financial transactions on designated overseas military bases. 

Series 461 MPCs were issued to personnel serving on bases in Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, Scotland, Trieste, and Yugoslavia;