Funny Money

What sort of TL might produce this money?

A militaristic one, I would say.
BTW, how did you do this masterpiece?

A TL where Parker Brothers markets the game Pentagon the Military-Industrial Complex Game. Where players play defense contractors out to win lucrative Defense Department weapon systems contracts.

Maybe if the US decided unilaterally to invade China during the Korean War and got sucked into a lengthy confrontation with Maoist guerillas, Soviet-supported Chinese and Soviet 'volunteer' troops in Mongolia, ethnic separatist groups opposing the KMT occupation government in liberated China, and the opprobrium of significant parts of the world as 'colonial aggressors'. The US is consioderably more regulated and state-managed, geared towards supporting the war while guaranteeing a certain 'acceptable' standard of living to every citizen, with compartmented currencies for various elements of the economy (notice how it says 'Military Payment Certificate' - that's different from 'Certificate of National Tender' and 'Foreign Exchange Tender'. MPC dollars will get you priortity access to rationed consumer goods in the PX and are exchanged at a favourable rate for education, social security contributions, and tax payments, but can't be used to purchase real estate. Within the US they are exchanged 1:1 for Certificates of National Tender at every bank. CNT dollars allow you to contract any business deal within the US and the MOT - military-occupied territories - but get no priority treatment from the state and can not be spent on any military installation. FET dollars are the only ones that can be converted into foreign exchange. Their issue is strictly limited and by application only, and they must not be used for any business deals within the US or MOT on pain of up to ten years' imprisonment.

That guy is from a really popular propaganda poster from the mid-50s and was put there after Conjgress, in a conciliatory gesture towards Southern Democrats (whose votes are needed to continue the war) agreed to remove U.S. Grant from the 'Great Generals' series of the MPC dollar bills. There's talk of replacing him with MacArthur now that he's dead, but a significant majority of congressmen favour waiting for Eisenhower to become 'available'

I doubt its just a generic soldier. He's probally some person who saved the world/US in some way.
erm...He single handedly took down the Nazi V4 base before it launched its nuclear missiles at New York, Washington and London

It's the scrip the US Army uses to "pay" for requisitioned supplies in reconquered Confederate territory. You're supposed to be able to exchange MPCs for real dollars at US Treasury offices in the new state capitals (the original state capitals mostly being radioactive or firebombed).

Duncan said:

It's the scrip the US Army uses to "pay" for requisitioned supplies in reconquered Confederate territory.

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Or vice versa, of course. After all, it doesn't actually say "United States of America" anywhere...

We know its somesort of English-speaking nation's dollar.

This dollar has the face of the most famous soldier in history, Sam Jackson. Mr. Jackson single-handly destroyed the German Reichschancellory, succesfully killing all high government and Nazi party officals, sending Germany in complete disarry and civil war. This money, called Military Payment Certificate (or greenshirt), is in use in the American Military Districts in Germany, France, Russia, Mexico, Africa, and China. In those areas, you must use greenshirts to pay for your bills and other stuff.

Its currency from the US Military Protectorate of Japan, circa 1960. The soldier on the bill is Governor MacArthur, killed by Japanese Communist rebels in Tokyo in 1947.

MPC's were phased out in 1966, after South Japan became an independent Republic.

President Fu Manchu

The MPC is real - I found it on James Lilek's website - but it does look like money from an alternate universe. My guess is that it comes from a Manchurian Candidate ATL. How else did Frank Sinatra end upon the 20 dollar bill? He looks as if he's about to say "Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest most wonderful human being I've ever known..."

Leo Caesius said:

How else did Frank Sinatra end upon the 20 dollar bill? He looks as if he's about to say "Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest most wonderful human being I've ever known..."

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LMAO!!!

If you squint, he almost looks asian...