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
May 5, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Prudential Variable Appreciable Account
(Registration No. 33-61079)
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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 and (ii) that the text of
Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 was filed electronically on April 25, 2000
(Accession No. 0000950130-00-002286).
By:/s/________________
Thomas C. Castano
Assistant General Counsel
The Prudential Insurance Company
of America
