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8 Annas COM CAR Officer Club
| Uitgever | COM CAR Officer Club |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1942-1945 |
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| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Rectangular |
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| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Plain cream stock with all text letterpress-printed in black. The issuer name "COM CAR" appears in bold capitals at centre, with "OFFICER CLUB" in smaller capitals below. The denomination "As. 8" is set in large bold type at the lower centre. |
|---|---|
| Opschrift voorzijde | COM CAR OFFICER CLUB As. 8 |
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| Opmerkingen |
COM CAR — Combined Carrier — Officer Clubs operated aboard Royal Navy fleet carriers during the Second World War, issuing small-denomination scrip for use within shipboard messes and canteens. These tokens of exchange prevented hard currency from circulating in environments where loss, theft, and the practical chaos of shipboard life made coin use impractical. The 8 Annas denomination is particularly telling: the anna subdivision places this firmly in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal theatre, where British forces operated alongside Indian currency infrastructure.
Wartime shipboard scrip of this type was almost universally destroyed at voyage's end or upon demobilization, which accounts for extreme scarcity today.