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10 Cents Killeen Base
| Issuer | Killeen Base N.C.O. Open Mess, Killeen, Texas |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Pink paper with black letterpress print throughout. Inscriptions at left read 'KILLEEN BASE / N.C.O. OPEN MESS / KILLEEN, TEXAS' with a cautionary notice 'NOT GOOD IF DETACHED' at lower left; a serif-bordered box at right carries the denomination '10 CENTS'. Serial number printed in red. |
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| Obverse lettering | KILLEEN BASE N.C.O. OPEN MESS KILLEEN, TEXAS NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 10 CENTS |
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Military scrip issued by the Non-Commissioned Officers' Open Mess at Killeen Base — the predecessor installation to what became Fort Hood — circulated exclusively within that facility's social and dining operations. These mess tokens in paper form were a common way for on-base clubs to manage internal accounts, control access to subsidized goods, and keep transactions off the general post economy. They had no value outside the issuing mess and were periodically recalled and replaced precisely to prevent accumulation or off-base leakage.
The pink paper is a denominator color — not decorative.