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5 Cents Da Nang; NCO Mess
| Issuer | N.C.O. Open Mess, I Corps Area, APO 96202 |
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| Year | 1965-1972 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Yellow-orange paper with dark brown letterpress print. Inscriptions arranged in three lines at left within a double-rule border, with a boxed numeral '5' and 'CENTS' at right. Serial number in red at lower centre; 'NOT GOOD IF DETACHED' in italic at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | N.C.O. OPEN MESS I C.A., APO 96202 BR. 1, 2 & 3 NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 5 CENTS |
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Military Payment Certificates handled official dollar-denominated transactions in Vietnam, but individual messes and clubs ran their own parallel scrip systems for on-premises purchases. This 5-cent chit from the NCO Open Mess, I Corps Area — the northernmost tactical zone, headquartered at Da Nang — is exactly that: a low-denomination token for canteen use, beer, or small purchases at the club bar, entirely outside the formal MPC framework.
APO 96202 places this firmly at Da Nang. The seven-year span of issue reflects how long that installation remained operational under American management before the drawdown.