J. Yarwood Collection -US Military Tokens & Checks
Lot 3209 SESSION 14 (4.30PM THURSDAY 25TH NOV) J. Yarwood Collection -US Military Tokens & Checks
Estimate $150
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SOLD $200
USA, AIR FORCE BASES IN UK, RAF Bentwaters, fifty cents in aluminium (29mm), obverse, denomination in centre, above, 'NCO Open Mess/Good For', below, 'In MDSE./Bentwaters', reverse, identical to obverse except at base is 'Woodbridge'; ; RAF High Wycombe, one hundred cents in brass (35mm), obverse, 'High/Wycombe' in centre, at top, 'NCO Open Mess', below, 'England', reverse, denomination, below, 'In Trade'; RAF Lakenheath, twenty five cents in aluminium (hexagonal 25mm), obverse, at top, 'N.C.O/Club', at bottom, 'Lakenheath', reverse, denomination in centre, above, 'Good For', below, 'In Trade'; Sculthorpe NCO Club, gaming chip for five dollars in compressed clay (39mm), obverse, club emblem, reverse, denomination (YMT.UST05A, 14, 16, 29) (4); RAF Chicksands, fifty cents in brass (32mm), obverse, 'NCO Mess/Chicksands', reverse, denomination in centre, above, 'Good For', below, 'In Trade'; others in bronze (octagonal 28mm) (3), obverse, 'NCO Club/Chicksands', reverse, denomination in centre, below, 'In Trade'; RAF Lakenheath, twenty five cents in brass (hexagonal (25mm), obverse, at top, 'N.C.O/Club', at bottom, 'Lakenheath', reverse, denomination in centre, above, 'Good For', below, 'In Trade' (Y&J MT2019S.UST12A, 30 [3], 31); also Office of Price Administration, WWII ration token in fibre (16mm), obverse and reverse, 'I' in centre, above, 'OPA', below, 'Red Point'. Very fine - extremely fine. (10)
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