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10 Cents Fort Davis; Canal Zone
| Issuer | A.A.I.C. NCO Open Mess, Fort Davis, Canal Zone |
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| Year | 1963-1969 |
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| Value | 10 Cents (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Yellow paper voucher with black letterpress text arranged in a bordered rectangle; issuer name and post designation printed across the upper field, with denomination numeral at right. Serial number printed in red at centre-left, with cancellation void notice in the lower-left corner. |
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| Obverse lettering | A.A.I.C. NCO Open Mess FORT DAVIS, C.Z. Void if detached 10 CENTS |
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The NCO Open Mess scrip issued at Fort Davis was part of a broader U.S. military scrip system used throughout the Canal Zone to prevent American dollars from leaking into the local Panamanian economy — a persistent concern given Panama's use of the dollar as its de facto currency alongside the balboa. Fort Davis, on the Atlantic side near Colón, hosted significant garrison infrastructure, and its mess scrip circulated exclusively within the club facilities rather than as general base currency.
The issuer abbreviation A.A.I.C. remains incompletely documented in the literature; attribution to Army and Air Force unit structures at that installation is the most plausible reading, though not confirmed by a single authoritative source.