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1 Chit Fleet Officers' Club
| Uitgever | Fleet Officers' Club, Admiralty Islands |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1944-1945 |
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| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Paper |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Plain cream ground with black letterpress text in three lines arranged centrally. No vignette or ornamental underprint; the design relies entirely on typography, with the issuer name in serif capitals at top, location below, and the denomination in large bold capitals at foot. |
|---|---|
| Opschrift voorzijde | Fleet Officers' Club Admiralty Islands ONE CHIT |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opmerkingen |
Fleet Officers' Club scrip from the Admiralty Islands fills a narrow but genuinely interesting gap in Pacific theater monetary history. After the Allied capture of Manus Island in early 1944, the U.S. Navy developed the Admiralties into a massive forward base — at its peak one of the largest naval installations in the Pacific. Clubs operated on internal scrip specifically to prevent military payment certificates from cycling back into the local economy and to control alcohol purchasing, a persistent administrative headache in forward areas.
The chit system was self-contained and intentionally non-redeemable outside the issuing club, which means surviving examples were almost never in general circulation — they were pocketed as souvenirs when the base wound down in 1945.