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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 3462128, member: 40017&quot;]I have done a little more research. The legend translates as Post Office Savings Bank or similar. There are a couple on Ebay at the moment with details engraved in the fields.</p><p>I suspect once engraved it served as a security pass for access to a savings account - particularly useful when a lot of the clients would have been illiterate (at least in any European language). A paper pass would have been too vulnerable to the tropical climate. But only guessing - I am sure I saw something written about these once on a forum...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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