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25 Cents Fort Clayton; Canal Zone
| Issuer | N.C.O. Open Mess, Fort Clayton |
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| Year | 1963-1969 |
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| Value | 25 Cents (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in black on grey paper; institution name and location arranged in three lines at left, with a perforated detachment warning in smaller type below. A bold boxed denomination panel at right reads '25 CENTS'. Serial number printed in red at centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | N.C.O. OPEN MESS FORT CLAYTON CANAL ZONE NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 25 CENTS |
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Fort Clayton's NCO Open Mess scrip was part of a broader military payment system used across U.S. installations in the Canal Zone, where dollar-denominated scrip helped limit currency flow to and from the local Panamanian economy. The 1964 Flag Riots — which left over twenty dead and accelerated the eventual treaty negotiations that would end American control of the Zone — did nothing to interrupt scrip issuance; Fort Clayton continued operating normally through that period.
The grey paper stock is consistent across the Fort Clayton mess scrip series, likely a deliberate anti-counterfeiting measure at the production level.