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5 Cents Pusan; NCO Open Mess
| Issuer | NCO Open Mess, Pusan (APO 96259) |
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| Year | 1950-1955 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Yellow paper with black letterpress print and a bold rectangular border frame. Denomination numeral '5' appears at right within a dark square panel, with 'CENTS' below. Red serial number printed centrally; 'Void if detached' notice at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | PUSAN NCO OPEN MESS APO S.F. 96259 Void if detached 5 CENTS |
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Issued by the NCO Open Mess at Pusan during the Korean War period, this is scrip of the Military Payment Certificate adjacent type — a locally produced canteen token rather than an official MPC series. APO 96259 designated the Pusan military post, and individual messes occasionally issued their own fractional scrip to manage small transactions when official change was in short supply. Yellow paper was a common informal differentiator used by various mess operations to distinguish denominations at a glance.
These locally printed pieces were never part of the official MPC redemption system, which makes survival rates genuinely unpredictable.