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25 Cents Naval Air Station, Alameda
| Issuer | Naval Air Station Alameda, Commissioned Officers Mess |
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| Year | 1942-1945 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Orange stock printed in dark blue and red letterpress. Textual inscriptions occupy the left two-thirds, with a serial number in a ruled panel below. To the right, a bold red stamp-style box frames the denomination numeral and unit in red ink. |
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| Obverse lettering | C'miss'd Officers Mess DINING ROOM NAVAL AIR STATION ALAMEDA, CALIF. NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 25 CENTS |
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Naval Air Station Alameda's Officers Mess scrip was produced locally for internal use during the station's wartime operational peak — NAS Alameda served as a primary West Coast base for carrier air groups transiting to and from the Pacific theater. Mess scrip of this kind was a deliberate administrative tool, keeping hard currency circulating in the broader economy while controlling spending within the station itself, a policy the Navy applied inconsistently across installations but enforced strictly at high-traffic bases like Alameda.
The orange paper distinguishes denominations within the scrip series by color — a common but not universal approach among naval mess issues of the period.