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| Emittent | H.M.A.S. Watson Wardroom Mess |
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| Jahr | |
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| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Rectangular |
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| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Plain grey paper voucher with black letterpress text. The issuing authority 'H.M.A.S. WATSON' and 'WARDROOM MESS' are printed in bold capitals at the top centre, with the denomination '1c' in large bold numerals at the centre of the note. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | H.M.A.S. WATSON WARDROOM MESS 1c |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Varianten | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Anmerkungen |
H.M.A.S. Watson is the Royal Australian Navy's shore establishment on Georges Head, Mosman — a training base for mine warfare and clearance diving, not a ship. Wardroom mess notes like this one were purely internal scrip, circulating only within the officers' mess to facilitate small transactions without requiring official currency on base. These pieces were never legal tender and carried no backing beyond the mess committee's word.
Grey paper stock was a common choice for low-denomination mess scrip precisely because it was cheap and easily distinguished from official notes. Few were preserved — most were redeemed and destroyed when messes settled accounts.