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10 Cents - Ward Room Mess HMCS Discovery
| Issuer | HMCS Discovery (Royal Canadian Navy) |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Salmon-orange ground with blue and red letterpress print. Two horizontal blue rules frame the upper panel bearing the mess title in bold blue capitals. A black serial number appears in the lower centre, with the denomination in red at lower right and a void-if-detached notice in black at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | H.M.C.S. DISCOVERY WARD ROOM MESS Not good if detached 10c |
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HMCS Discovery is a shore establishment — a "stone frigate" in naval parlance — located on Deadman's Island in Vancouver's Coal Harbour. Ward Room Mess tokens and scrip of this type were internal currency, usable only within the officers' mess and issued to manage bar and dining accounts without handling cash aboard a land-based unit. Paper scrip at this denomination suggests low-value canteen or bar use rather than formal mess billing.
No central authority regulated these issues; each mess printed or ordered what it needed. Dating them is notoriously difficult without accompanying documentation.