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1 Penny BCFK
| Issuer | H.Q. BCFK "C" Officer's Mess |
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| Year | 1950-1956 |
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| Composition | Paper (grey) |
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| Obverse description | Plain grey paper with black letterpress text arranged in three lines centred across the note. The denomination "1 D" is set in a large bold typeface at the base, with the issuing authority inscription above in spaced capital letters. No vignette or decorative underprint is present. |
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| Obverse lettering | H. Q. BCFK "C" OFFICER'S MESS 1 D |
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BCFK — British Commonwealth Forces Korea — maintained a network of messes that operated their own internal scrip to manage canteen transactions without relying on NAAFI vouchers or official military currency. This 1 Penny piece was issued specifically by the "C" Officer's Mess at BCFK Headquarters, placing it among the more narrowly circulated examples of Korean War-era British military scrip. The mess scrip system was largely informal by design; denominations were small, accountability was internal, and very little of it was preserved once the mess closed or personnel rotated out.
Grey paper was common across BCFK scrip issues — economy of production, not branding.