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5 Rials USASTRATCOM Open Mess
| Issuer | USASTRATCOM Open Mess, Tehran, Iran |
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| Year | 1960-1979 |
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| Currency | Second Rial (1932-date) |
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| Obverse description | Green paper voucher with black letterpress text and a bold numeral "5" in a ruled box at right. Red serial number printed across the centre. Perfin cancellation holes visible through the note body. "Void if detached" notice in lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | USASTRATCOM OPEN MESS TEHRAN, IRAN Void if detached 5 RIALS |
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The USASTRATCOM Open Mess scrip was issued by the United States Army Strategic Communications Command's officers' club in Tehran — a practical solution to the perennial problem of running a dollar-denominated canteen operation inside a country where moving foreign currency freely created legal and administrative headaches. Military scrip of this type circulated exclusively within the base facility, redeemable only at the mess itself, and was never legal tender in any broader sense.
The date range reflects the full span of the U.S. military advisory and communications presence in Iran under the Shah, ending with the 1979 revolution that terminated American operations almost overnight. Whatever scrip remained outstanding at that point was simply void.