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25 Cents Pusan; NCO Open Mess
| Issuer | U.S. Army Pusan NCO Open Mess |
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| Year | 1950-1955 |
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| Currency | Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in black on tan paper stock, with the denomination '25 CENTS' set in bold type within a solid black panel at right. Inscriptions occupy the left panel, with a red serial number printed across the lower portion. A perforated void indicator reads 'NOT GOOD IF DETACHED' at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | U.S. ARMY PUSAN N.C.O. OPEN MESS A.P.O. 96259 NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 25 CENTS |
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Military payment scrip issued for use within the NCO Open Mess at Pusan during the Korean War period. These mess tokens occupied a gray regulatory zone — not official Military Payment Certificates, which were issued theater-wide by the U.S. Treasury, but locally authorized scrip intended to keep dollar-equivalent currency contained within a single facility. Accountability was the point: prevent hard currency from leaking into the Korean civilian economy.
Tan paper stock, printed locally rather than through a stateside security printer. Survival rates are low simply because nobody saved them — they were spent, discarded, or voided when the mess closed or converted to MPC.