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5 Cents US Marine Corps; North China
| Issuer | Officers' Club, U.S. Marine Corps, North China |
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| Year | 1945-1949 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Small-format scrip printed in black and red on cream-toned paper with a wavy guilloche underprint. The left panel carries the issuer's name and serial number in black letterpress, while the right panel displays the large numeral "5" and denomination "CENTS" in red within a ruled border. A caution line reads "Not Good If Detached" at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | OFFICERS' CLUB U. S. Marine Corps NORTH CHINA Not Good If Detached 5 CENTS |
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U.S. military scrip issued by Officers' Club messes operated independently of the formal Military Payment Certificate program — these notes were produced and redeemed entirely within a specific station's administrative loop, with no Treasury oversight. The North China posting covered the Marine Corps presence in Tientsin, Peiping, and Tsingtao following Japan's surrender, when roughly 53,000 Marines were deployed to assist in Japanese repatriation and support Nationalist positions against Communist forces.
Club scrip of this type was never intended to survive the posting. Most was redeemed or destroyed when units rotated out, which is precisely why any surviving piece is scarce despite the large garrison it served.