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1 Rupee COM CAR Officer Club
| Issuer | COM CAR Officer Club |
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| Year | 1942-1945 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper with minimal design. The issuer name COM CAR and OFFICER CLUB are letterpress-printed in bold serif capitals at the upper centre, with the denomination Rs. 1 in a larger bold typeface below. No vignette, underprint, or ornamental border is present. |
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| Obverse lettering | COM CAR OFFICER CLUB Rs. 1 |
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COM CAR — Combined Caribbean Command — operated a network of officer clubs across the US military bases established in the Caribbean theater during the Second World War. These scrip notes circulated internally as a substitute for US currency within club premises, a common practice used to prevent hard currency from leaking into local economies or falling into enemy hands in the event of a base compromise.
The denomination in rupees is the genuine puzzle here. Caribbean Command had no operational connection to rupee-using territories — the denomination likely reflects either borrowed scrip stock originally intended for South Asian or Indian Ocean postings, or a deliberate use of a non-dollar unit to reinforce the scrip's non-negotiability outside the issuing club.