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Nakon iznimno kratkog razdoblja priprema, Thomas De La Rue tiskao je prvu seriju od 52 400 000 specijalnih vaučera britanskih oružanih snaga (BAFSV), u vrijednosti nešto više od 10 milijuna funti sterlinga, koji su službeno izdani 1. kolovoza 1946. U dogledno vrijeme dovitljivost lokalnog stanovništva i trupa uvelike je zaobišla namjeru prvog izdanja BAFSV -a da uspori aktivnosti na crnom tržištu. Do sredine 1947. odlučeno je, pod tajnom tajnom, pripremiti novo izdanje koje će zamijeniti prvo, a zatim odmah demonetizirati prvo kako bi se ograničilo pretvaranje nezakonito stečenih vaučera iz prve serije. Ova je shema provedena 6. siječnja 1948., kada je izašao drugi broj.
Treća serija tiskana je 1948. u izdanju J. Waddington Ltd, ali je izdana tek 1956. za uporabu tijekom krize u Sueskom kanalu. Ova se situacija brzo riješila u razdoblju od dva mjeseca i te su bilješke povučene.
Četvrto pitanje prvotno se raspravljalo 1952., ali nije naručeno sve dok se zahuktavanje hladnog rata i nedostatak rezervne serije nije natjeralo britanski Ratni ured 1962. da osmisli ne samo četvrtu, već i petu seriju.
Novi pisač, Bradbury Wilkinson, izabran je za posao proizvodnje sljedeće dvije serije: Četvrta serija je tiskana, ali nikada nije izdana, a prema svim zapisima, peta serija nikada nije tiskana. Šesta serija, zajedno s novčanicama od 1 i 5 funti druge serije, korištene su u Berlinu do 31. prosinca 1979., kada su konačno povučene. Dana 14. veljače 1991. Ministarstvo obrane prodalo je konzorciju trgovaca njihovu zalihu od 17 milijuna necirkuiranih vaučera iz 2., 3., 4. i 6. serije.






GREAT BRITISH POUND


The pound is one of the world's most widely used currencies

The pound (symbol £, bank code GBP) is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, Northern Ireland, St. Helena and the Falkland Islands. It is one of the oldest currencies in the world. In English, only the name pound is often used. While the term British Pound is most often used when the currency needs to be distinguished from others).
Originally a pound, it was the value of one pound (a unit of weight) of silver. The pound symbol originally had two horizontal lines ₤, but later that number was reduced to one £.
The pound was used as far back as 1200 years ago. The first country to introduce the gold standard was the United Kingdom, thus the pound was the first currency to have coverage in gold.


One pound is divided into 100 pence. The penny symbol is "p".
Until 1971, the pound consisted of shillings and pennies. Each pound was divided into twenty shillings. Each shilling consisted of twelve pence. The designation of the shilling was "s", but not after the first letter of the English name (shilling), but after the first letter of the Latin name solidus. The designation for the penny was “d” from the French word denier, which comes from the Latin word denarius (solidus and denarius were Roman coins).
Since 1971, the decimal system has been used to divide the currency. Banknotes exist in denominations of 5, 10, 20 and 50 pounds, coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 pence as well as 1 and 2 pounds.



Everything is known about the British pound, but only fans of notaphilia know about the special voucher of the British army forces.

Banknotes of the British Armed Forces

The British Armed Forces issued their own banknotes between 1946 and 1972.
At the end of the war in Europe in 1945, France, Britain, the United States and Russia agreed at a conference in Potsdam to divide Germany into four occupation zones. The British territory was occupied by the 21st Army Group, commonly known as the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). The job of the allies was challenging. They had to disband and disarm the German fighting machine, reassemble the basic infrastructure of the country, and deal with the population on the brink of starvation. To this end, BAOR acted as a country within one country, requiring a monetary system that functioned to serve the needs of the occupying forces. However, a problem soon arose; goods intended for soldiers were sold on the thriving black market among the local population at high inflated prices. Millions of pounds sterling were lost by British taxpayers. A series of stalemate measures slowed but did not stop the problem. In March 1946, it was decided that a special system of military vouchers was needed.
Historically, soldiers serving abroad were paid in local currency rather than “domestic” currency, most of the cash raised by soldiers would go directly to the local economy, and in a damaged economy the effects of hard currency, such as the pound circulating freely with weaker domestic currencies could be seriously problematic, risking serious inflation. There were other problems; after the pounds circulated in the battlefield, the opposing side was free to use its own £ shares as currency or to acquire the shares for use elsewhere to support its war efforts. High purchasing power of the pound and its easy transfer
back to Britain they also represented a significant incentive for black traders.
But while the use of local currencies was effective where it was allowed in cooperation with local authorities, it was impractical in combat zones where the government could be either hostile, deliberately ambivalent, or simply non-existent. In these cases, the military authorities issued a special "military currency," which was paid by soldiers at a fixed exchange rate, and local commanders simply declared legal tender in the occupied territories.
After an extremely short period of preparation, Thomas De La Rue printed the first series of 52,400,000 special vouchers of the British Armed Forces (BAFSV), worth just over £ 10 million, which were officially issued on August 1, 1946. In due course, ingenuity local population and troops has largely circumvented the intention of the first edition of the BAFSV to slow down black market activities. By mid-1947, it was decided, in secret, to prepare a new edition to replace the first, and then immediately demonetize the first to limit the conversion of illegally acquired vouchers from the first series. This scheme was implemented on January 6, 1948, when the second issue came out.
The third series was printed in 1948 by J. Waddington Ltd, but was not released until 1956 for use during the Suez Canal crisis. This situation was quickly resolved within a period of two months and these notes were withdrawn.
The fourth issue was originally debated in 1952, but was not commissioned until the escalation of the Cold War and the lack of a reserve series forced the British War Bureau in 1962 to devise not only the fourth but also the fifth series.
The new printer, Bradbury Wilkinson, was chosen for the job of producing the following two series: The fourth series was printed but never released, and according to all records, the fifth series was never printed. The sixth series, together with the £ 1 and £ 5 banknotes of the second series, were used in Berlin until 31 December 1979, when they were finally withdrawn. On February 14, 1991, the Department of Defense sold to a consortium of traders their stock of 17 million uncirculated vouchers from the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th series.