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20 Cents Coco Solo Enlisted Men's Club
| Issuer | Coco Solo Enlisted Men's Club |
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| Year | 1943-1963 |
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| Value | 20 Cents (0.20) |
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| Obverse lettering | COCO SOLO ENLISTED MEN'S CLUB NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 20 CENTS |
| Reverse description | Blank yellow paper, unprinted. |
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The Coco Solo Enlisted Men's Club operated within the U.S. Naval Station on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal Zone, and its scrip — like that issued by similar clubs at American military installations worldwide — functioned as an internal currency redeemable only at that facility. Restricting purchases to club-issued tokens and paper scrip was a deliberate policy: it kept money circulating within the base economy, discouraged off-base spending, and reduced the risk of U.S. currency reaching local black markets.
The twenty-year date range reflects reissue across multiple print runs rather than continuous circulation of a single note. Military club scrip of this type was routinely destroyed and replaced, making surviving examples genuinely uncommon.