One of the crates being unloaded from the truck is a crate (Wein marked with the Z which was nitroglycerin bound for the underground), that was used in The Purchasing Plan (1969).
The "Let Us Go Forward Together" poster behind Major Blair is a real propaganda poster from 1940.
The money was real, but the plate was very exaggeratedly fake.
The money inside the suitcase and handled by Carter were real, 1960's $10 bills. Yet, LeBeau held one of the two plates that was 'fake'. Hogan held one engraving plate as LeBeau held the other.
The 'plate', which seems like a piece of a wooden 2 x 4, has a bold '10' dead-centered on it. None of the 20th Century $10 bills had a '10' on the front or back of them.
It was dicey to have any realistic facsimile of engraving plates.
A person caught with real 'fake' plates in 1969 would have been in federal prison until 1990.
The money inside the suitcase and handled by Carter were real, 1960's $10 bills. Yet, LeBeau held one of the two plates that was 'fake'. Hogan held one engraving plate as LeBeau held the other.
The 'plate', which seems like a piece of a wooden 2 x 4, has a bold '10' dead-centered on it. None of the 20th Century $10 bills had a '10' on the front or back of them.
It was dicey to have any realistic facsimile of engraving plates.
A person caught with real 'fake' plates in 1969 would have been in federal prison until 1990.
Two short scenes are missing from the syndicated version that were in the original. These involve Carter and LeBeau trying to pry open the briefcase in the tunnel shortly after the second break in the show.
This is the second attempt by the Germans (in the Hogan's Heroes (1965) world) to counterfeit money. The first time, (in Hot Money (1967)) the Germans counterfeited several other currencies (in addition to US bills).