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10 Cents Marbo Gumas
| Issuer | Officers' Club, Marbo Gumas Lounge and Mess |
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| Year | 1946-1950 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed voucher on buff paper stock with black ink. A banner at top reads 'OFFICERS' CLUB' in bold serif lettering, below which the issuer name and lounge designation appear in large bold type. The denomination '10 CENTS' is set in a ruled box at right, with a red serial number at lower centre and a 'NOT GOOD IF DETACHED' warning at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | OFFICERS' CLUB MARBO GUMAS LOUNGE AND MESS NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 10 CENTS |
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Military mess and canteen tokens printed on paper occupy a neglected corner of Philippine occupation and post-liberation scrip collecting. The Officers' Club at Marbo — almost certainly a U.S. military installation designation in the postwar Philippines — issued this 10 centavos piece for internal use within the Gumas Lounge and Mess, restricting its validity to a single venue. The peso-denominated centavo unit places this firmly in the postwar Philippine monetary environment, after the Commonwealth peso was restored and before the Central Bank of the Philippines opened in 1949.
Paper mess chits of this type rarely survived in quantity; they were never meant to leave the club.