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5 Cents USAFRS Mess
| Issuer | United States Air Force Recreation Services |
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| Year | 1960-1979 |
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| Composition | Paper (orange) |
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| Obverse description | Orange paper with black letterpress print throughout. Left portion carries the issuer inscription and warning text within a plain border, with a red serial number below; denomination '5 CENTS' appears in a bold boxed vignette at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | U S A F R S MESS NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 5 CENTS |
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Air Force Recreation Services scrip was issued for use in on-base facilities — clubs, mess halls, snack bars — where cash transactions were restricted or discouraged as a matter of base security policy. The military scrip programs run by individual service branches differed from the better-known Military Payment Certificates issued by the Department of Defense; these were purely internal, low-denomination tokens of account never intended to leave the installation.
Orange paper was used deliberately to distinguish denominations at a glance during fast-moving counter transactions. A sensible choice for a 5-cent piece that would otherwise vanish among higher values.