About 1 month ago to the date I posted the 5 cent version of this token from K-53 air base at PY Do Korea, since then I picked up the 25 cent version of this token. I have only 2 tokens from PY DO, still have 6 more to go.
I was a frequent user of club tokens during my early military days when I didn't have much rank or money and trips to the club came before payday. I hit the club at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, Clark Air Base, Philippines and RAF Chicksands, UK. I didn't hit the club at Fort Meade, MD and had enough money at Iraklion Air Station, Crete, and the same at Hq ESC, San Antonio, TX and saw a lot of the tokens used during my last 6 years at Misawa Air Base, Japan. Alas I never put up any of the tokens but at this stage I think it is time to start gathering them in while I can still recognize them. None of them should be extremely expensive and there must be a lot of them around. I was on Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, TX quite a few times TDY and twice for Leadership School and NCO Acadamy but was always in meetings or studying so never had a chance to hit the clubs.
@Klif50
Can you give the board your memories of what these tokens were used for? I understand that Post Exchange tokens were used there in the PX as small change, but what service were the Mess tokens and club tokens ? Some were for slot machines, but were they used in exchange for drinks and jukebox songs, too?
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@DCW said: @Klif50
Can you give the board your memories of what these tokens were used for? I understand that Post Exchange tokens were used there in the PX as small change, but what service were the Mess tokens and club tokens ? Some were for slot machines, but were they used in exchange for drinks and jukebox songs, too?
They were mostly used as a payday advance when you were short of money. You could get a certain amount, based on your rank, at the Airman's Club or the NCO Club that could be used to pay for drinks or even meals and on payday you went and paid off your debt, usually with no interest. They came in handy a week or so before payday when you had no more cash and wanted to eat a steak or have a few drinks at the club. I was never able to hold on to any of the ones when I borrowed them from the club, they got used in the club (Only place you could spend them). I never heard of using them at the BX (Base Exchange for the Air Force). We had charge accounts that you could pay for things like stereo systems or the newest albums and make payments each month. I was active duty from 1970 to 1992. Anything that happened after that I'm not sure of. The short time I was in Vietnam we got paid in script and they changed out the script at an irregular time frame and you had to use that rather than dollars to buy anything on base (to keep the VC from getting US dollars).
This week's military token is another token from Korea, this time from the 8th Army's Regional Golf Course in Seoul. I didn't find this listed in Cunninghams book, it is listed in O'Donnells book. It was not listed on the Token Catalog until I posted it.
@Iceberg77 said:
This week's military token is another token from Korea, this time from the 8th Army's Regional Golf Course in Seoul. I didn't find this listed in Cunninghams book, it is listed in O'Donnells book. It was not listed on the Token Catalog until I posted it.
That's great. How did you find this?
That's so cool. There are so many tokens that are not listed in the token catalog, perhaps because the military tokens used in Korea are not very popular.
These were red pot metal 57 yrs ago when I spent a year at Keesler AFB. Loved the slot machines. Picked up many rolls of buffalo nickels there and later at Hahn AB, Germany
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
@Iceberg77 said:
This week's military token is another token from Korea, this time from the 8th Army's Regional Golf Course in Seoul. I didn't find this listed in Cunninghams book, it is listed in O'Donnells book. It was not listed on the Token Catalog until I posted it.
That's great. How did you find this?
That's so cool. There are so many tokens that are not listed in the token catalog, perhaps because the military tokens used in Korea are not very popular.
There's actually a book written that specifically catalogs Kroean military tokens. I cannot remember who wrote it, but I think I got it off Amazon. Will pull it out later. Great additions, everyone!
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"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
This is the Torii Three wise monkeys "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" token.
It is included in the Cunningham catalog Am670, and looking at the design, I think it was used in Japan.
@Iceberg77 said:
This week's military token is another token from Korea, this time from the 8th Army's Regional Golf Course in Seoul. I didn't find this listed in Cunninghams book, it is listed in O'Donnells book. It was not listed on the Token Catalog until I posted it.
That's great. How did you find this?
That's so cool. There are so many tokens that are not listed in the token catalog, perhaps because the military tokens used in Korea are not very popular.
There's actually a book written that specifically catalogs Kroean military tokens. I cannot remember who wrote it, but I think I got it off Amazon. Will pull it out later. Great additions, everyone!
"United States Military Tokens of Korea" by Patrick R. O'Donnell
I already have it
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Here's another Ft Sam Houston token:
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Please help me identify this token. I know up to the 1st Cavalry, but what does Wainwright mean?
That is probably a mess token from Fort Wainright, Alaska. One of the squadrons of the 1st Cavalry has been there a long time.
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Was the 1st Cavalry Division stationed at Fort Wainwright?
Yes, they are still there
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Here is one I recently bought that Ive never seen in this denomination. Fort Hancock, NJ. 1st Regiment of Engineers, Company B Exchange. 25c.
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Thanks for reviving a great thead. I cant locate my collection of tokens, but I have a few medals:
From my dad who got me started in coin collecting.
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. 1826 to 1946. The most important American outpost during the pre-Civil War days.
About 1 month ago to the date I posted the 5 cent version of this token from K-53 air base at PY Do Korea, since then I picked up the 25 cent version of this token. I have only 2 tokens from PY DO, still have 6 more to go.
I was a frequent user of club tokens during my early military days when I didn't have much rank or money and trips to the club came before payday. I hit the club at Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, Clark Air Base, Philippines and RAF Chicksands, UK. I didn't hit the club at Fort Meade, MD and had enough money at Iraklion Air Station, Crete, and the same at Hq ESC, San Antonio, TX and saw a lot of the tokens used during my last 6 years at Misawa Air Base, Japan. Alas I never put up any of the tokens but at this stage I think it is time to start gathering them in while I can still recognize them. None of them should be extremely expensive and there must be a lot of them around. I was on Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, TX quite a few times TDY and twice for Leadership School and NCO Acadamy but was always in meetings or studying so never had a chance to hit the clubs.
@Klif50
Can you give the board your memories of what these tokens were used for? I understand that Post Exchange tokens were used there in the PX as small change, but what service were the Mess tokens and club tokens ? Some were for slot machines, but were they used in exchange for drinks and jukebox songs, too?
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
They were mostly used as a payday advance when you were short of money. You could get a certain amount, based on your rank, at the Airman's Club or the NCO Club that could be used to pay for drinks or even meals and on payday you went and paid off your debt, usually with no interest. They came in handy a week or so before payday when you had no more cash and wanted to eat a steak or have a few drinks at the club. I was never able to hold on to any of the ones when I borrowed them from the club, they got used in the club (Only place you could spend them). I never heard of using them at the BX (Base Exchange for the Air Force). We had charge accounts that you could pay for things like stereo systems or the newest albums and make payments each month. I was active duty from 1970 to 1992. Anything that happened after that I'm not sure of. The short time I was in Vietnam we got paid in script and they changed out the script at an irregular time frame and you had to use that rather than dollars to buy anything on base (to keep the VC from getting US dollars).
This week's military token is another token from Korea, this time from the 8th Army's Regional Golf Course in Seoul. I didn't find this listed in Cunninghams book, it is listed in O'Donnells book. It was not listed on the Token Catalog until I posted it.
That's great. How did you find this?
That's so cool. There are so many tokens that are not listed in the token catalog, perhaps because the military tokens used in Korea are not very popular.
These were red pot metal 57 yrs ago when I spent a year at Keesler AFB. Loved the slot machines. Picked up many rolls of buffalo nickels there and later at Hahn AB, Germany
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
There's actually a book written that specifically catalogs Kroean military tokens. I cannot remember who wrote it, but I think I got it off Amazon. Will pull it out later. Great additions, everyone!
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
This is the Torii Three wise monkeys "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" token.
It is included in the Cunningham catalog Am670, and looking at the design, I think it was used in Japan.
"United States Military Tokens of Korea" by Patrick R. O'Donnell
I already have it
Here is one thats assigned to Ft Wadsworth. Staten Island, NY:
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