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10 Cents 9th Infantry Division NCO/EM
| Issuer | 9th Infantry Division NCO/EM Mess System |
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| Year | 1966-1969 |
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| Value | 10 Cents (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress text on grey paper with the denomination '10 CENTS' printed in large red numerals at right. A serial number prefixed 'No.' appears in the lower centre panel, with the issuer name and usage restriction notices arranged in horizontal bands. |
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| Reverse description | Blank grey paper with no printed design, text, or security elements. |
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Military Payment Certificates handled dollar-denominated transactions across most U.S. bases in Vietnam, but individual messes sometimes ran parallel scrip systems for small purchases — canteen tokens, meal credits, change. This grey paper 10-cent chit was issued by the 9th Infantry Division's Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men's Mess, operating out of the Mekong Delta during the division's 1966–1969 Vietnam deployment. It circulated entirely within that closed environment, redeemable only at the mess itself.
These internal chits were never formally catalogued during issue and most were discarded or destroyed when the mess closed. Survivors are genuinely scarce.