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The Prudential Insurance Company of America Thomas C. Castano
Assistant General Counsel
Law Department
The Prudential Insurance
Company of America
213 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102-2992
(973) 802-4708 fax: (973) 802-9560
January 5, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Prudential Variable Appreciable Account
(Registration No. 333-64957)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant hereby certifies: (i) that its Prospectus that would have
been filed pursuant to Rule 497(b) would not have differed from the Prospectus
contained in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 and (ii) that the text of
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 was filed electronically on December 23, 1998.
(Accession No. 0000950130-98-006039)
By: /s/ Thomas C. Castano
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Thomas C. Castano
Assistant General Counsel
The Prudential Insurance Company of America
