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5 Cents Naval Officers Club; Halifax
| Issuer | Naval Officers Club, Halifax |
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| Year | 1939-1945 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse description | Plain light blue paper with all text printed in black letterpress. The issuer name appears at top, with the large denomination numeral '5c' centred in the middle field. The club address and city/country inscription are set in serif type below. |
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| Obverse lettering | NAVAL OFFICERS CLUB 5c 105 Young Avenue HALIFAX - CANADA |
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Mess tokens and canteen scrip issued by military clubs during the Second World War occupy an odd corner of notaphily — technically private issues, circulating within a closed community, with no central authority regulating denominations, design, or paper quality. The Naval Officers Club in Halifax was operating at the centre of one of the most heavily trafficked ports in the Allied war effort; RCN and Royal Navy officers rotating through would have encountered this scrip constantly.
Halifax itself was overwhelmed by wartime demand, and private club scrip helped manage internal accounting when hard coin was perpetually short. Few pieces survived — mess scrip was spent, lost, or simply discarded once the club's bar tab was settled.