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slothman2000
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AAFES Pogs....I know it is debatable whether they are really considered coins since they are made of paper (cardboard actually). No pennies...they round up or down whatever is closer ...5, 10 and 25 cent....Over here in Iraq, that is what you get for change....

AAFES POGS

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  • AUandAG
    AUandAG Posts: 25,050 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    POGS????
    nogt mie

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  • Cladiator
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    I seem to remember Mr. Paseo posting about these quite some time ago.
  • Zoins
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    That's pretty interesting. I wonder if they would be considered coins or paper currency? From a grading perspective, I think they'd probably be graded like paper currency or baseball cards, not metal rounds.
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  • pharmer
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    << <i>Civilians...get paid many Pogs by working in Iraq >>



    imageYou've got a good sense of humor.

    I also like your thoughts on the origin of Islam. It's a bit more comforting than other theories of why it was created, yet still addresses the abomination that Islamofascists have made of it.

    I remember pogs inside of the paper caps that used to cover milk bottles when they were delivered.
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    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

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  • slothman2000
    slothman2000 Posts: 953 ✭✭✭
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    They are like at there ninth printing series....the older one must be worth more (especially uncirculated)
  • speety
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    I remember POGS, I 'collected' them about 6 years ago when i was in the 5th grade. It was one of the month long fads around here.
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  • slothman2000
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    << <i><< Civilians...get paid many Pogs by working in Iraq >> >>



    I can relate to that...thats what I'm doing over here...
  • BlackBeard
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    Should be slabbed as a hybrid since it is both coin and currency. Imagine a crisp MS.image
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  • Writersblock
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    I have some of them and I have considered trying to collect them but haven't yet. Did you know that the British forces in Iraq have their own series of Pogs?
  • armysgti
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    Here we are June 2018 and the Pogs are still being produced. They are now on the 16th Printing. Pogs dated from 2003 to 2017 ... No POGS dated or manufactured in 2012 thru 2016 ... for more info , PM me ... Over 497 different pogs make up a set. they are getting more difficult to find due to once they are turned in to the aafess facilities in the states, they are destroyed.

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  • 1630Boston
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  • Timbuk3
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    Nope, not me !!! :s

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  • ricko
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    I have seen these addressed before... and of course, pogs of different types were collected by kids for years. I have never actually had one of the military pogs... would look nice in my challenge coin collection though. At the company I worked for the last twenty years, we had POGS made with the company name on it, and managers would give them out - usually signed - for jobs well done, or special efforts. They could then be exchanged for items down in HR.... Coffee cups, knives, hats etc. The program was a big success and was quite motivational. Some people just kept the signed pogs and posted them at their area of work. Cheers, RickO

  • oih82w8
    oih82w8 Posts: 13,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I have a small agglomeration of these in my mobility bag from my last trip to Kirkuk and earlier trips to the sand trap.

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  • SaorAlba
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    I have a few handfuls of them that were sent from the sandtrap.

  • Namvet69
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    I still have some mpc from nam. Used it as toilet paper. Peace Roy

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