Posted 11/06/2013 6:20 pm
Yes please thank her for her service. And yes there is a market and a collectors base fro the mil scrips that were used in the clubs and base stores. There is at least one book on them probably doesn't include the current and recent issues. I'm at a loss for the name of the guy that wrote.
They would fall into the area of good for or trade tokens. As been said you won't get rich but there is a market for them.
I had no idea why you called them POGS, so I googled the term
"The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, the United States Department of Defense's largest and oldest exchange system, distributes pog-like coinage as change at its stores in contingency areas (those supporting Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom). The reason for adopting pogs as currency was that supply flights overseas had limited capacity and air-freight shipping involved high costs. Metal coinage weighs significantly more than paper pogs, which are also much thinner than standard pogs. While they are only issued in contingency areas, they are redeemable at any AAFES store worldwide"
Learn something everyday on this site.
They would fall into the area of good for or trade tokens. As been said you won't get rich but there is a market for them.
I had no idea why you called them POGS, so I googled the term
"The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, the United States Department of Defense's largest and oldest exchange system, distributes pog-like coinage as change at its stores in contingency areas (those supporting Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom). The reason for adopting pogs as currency was that supply flights overseas had limited capacity and air-freight shipping involved high costs. Metal coinage weighs significantly more than paper pogs, which are also much thinner than standard pogs. While they are only issued in contingency areas, they are redeemable at any AAFES store worldwide"
Learn something everyday on this site.
Edited by Circus
11/06/2013 6:25 pm
11/06/2013 6:25 pm
