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3 Pence 8/7 Infantry Battalion
| Issuer | 8/7 Infantry Battalion Officers' Mess |
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| Year | 1939-1945 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain grey paper with black letterpress print. The issuing unit inscription runs along the upper portion, with the denomination numeral in a bold serif typeface centred below. The note is entirely typographic with no vignette or ornamental underprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | 8/7 INF. BN. OFFRS' MESS 3d. |
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Officers' Mess scrip of this kind operated as a closed-loop currency — redeemable only within the issuing unit's own canteen or mess account, with no legal tender status whatsoever. The 8/7 Infantry Battalion was an Australian Second AIF unit, and mess tokens and scrip notes were a common administrative solution to the practical problem of running a cash economy inside a military formation, particularly on garrison duty or in rear areas where coin shortages were chronic.
Grey paper was a typical choice for informal military scrip precisely because it was visually distinct from official currency and harder to pass outside its intended circuit.