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50 Cents Fort Monroe
| Issuer | Fort Monroe N.C.O. Open Mess |
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| Year | 1940-1959 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on light blue paper stock. Left panel bears the issuer inscriptions and a red letterpress serial number; right panel contains a dark brown rectangular box with the denomination numerals and unit text in bold type. Warning legend "NOT GOOD IF DETACHED" appears at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | FORT MONROE N.C.O. OPEN MESS Fort Monroe, Va. NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 50 CENTS |
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Fort Monroe, Virginia — not a civilian municipality but an active U.S. Army installation — issued scrip through its Non-Commissioned Officers' Open Mess for use within that facility's canteen and social operations. This kind of post scrip was a practical accounting tool, keeping spending within the mess and preventing cash from leaking out to off-post vendors. The blue paper stock is characteristic of a handful of mid-century military messes that color-coded denominations to reduce handling errors behind the bar.
Fort Monroe remained an active Army command post throughout the Korean War period, which falls squarely within this note's probable date range.