Cool Mess Hall Token | Cam Ranh Bay

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specksynder Pillar of the Community United States 1080 Posts	Posted 01/16/2010 8:32 pm Grandad was stationed in Alaska during WWII, so I don't know exactly how this token from Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam made it into his coin collection, but I thought I'd share a pic. Both sides are identical. Moved to Tokens forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 01/22/2010 04:51 am This is typical of the Vietnam-era canteen tokens. Hundreds of different types are known. The small "S-in-diamond" logo is the "mintmark" for the Sega Corporation, who made their money in pinball machines and similar distractions long before home entertainment consoles and Sonic the Hedgehog came along. Indeed, the company was originally founded in 1952 specifically to sell amusements to the US military; the name "SEGA" is short for "Service Games". Which also explains what these tokens were primarily used for. Rather than being paid in US or local currency, military personnel were paid in MPCs - paper money. So to operate a pinball machine, vending machine or whatever, you needed to convert that paper money into something coin-like, and tokens were the method of choice. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 01/22/2010 05:18 am I should also point out: the denomination doesn't appear to be stated on this piece, but it's most likely going to be whichever US coin is the same size; if it's quarter-sized, then it's a quarter. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
specksynder Pillar of the Community United States 1080 Posts	Posted 01/22/2010 6:49 pm very cool, thanks for the info! Report this Post to the Staff
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