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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2730000, member: 32619&quot;]The bulk of my collection is military monies. Military trade tokens are the vast majority and I have hundreds of them. I specialize in Air Force tokens because I&#039;m active duty Air Force and I feel that these tokens are part of my heritage. Here&#039;s a group scan of several types of military monies. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/20-21st-century-military-pay-trade.2174/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>From the top down:</p><p>The Military Payment Certificate was issued to U.S. troops stationed overseas in an effort to cut down on black market activities as well as to try and insulate local economies from the more valuable dollar. </p><p><br /></p><p>Below are a collection of military trade tokens. These were used in the clubs as a way to extend credit and in vending/slot machines. When I took that scan I was trying to highlight the different denominations that were available but generally they would indicate which base they were used at and which club - Enlisted, Airman&#039;s, NCO, Officer. Here&#039;s a typical example:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/ks20b-forbes-afb-25c.4342/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Below that is a chit book and below are detached chits. That chit book you see in the above scan was from somewhere between 1917-1922 and is possible to get an approximation on the date because of the names of government officials on the reverse. These were used in similar ways to the tokens. You&#039;ll also find detached ones with holes punched in them - those were redeemed. </p><p><br /></p><p>Below that is an AAFES POG. The obverse of POGS feature a military theme and the reverse depicts the denomiation. These are a product of the most recent war with Iraq and were printed from 2003 to 2011. The POGs are printed on styrene and come in 5, 10, and 25 cent values. The POGs were used by the Army Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) as change in cash transactions because it&#039;s cheaper to get them to the overseas locations than actual coinage. They are still in use and are probably the last example of military money as they issue what&#039;s called an Eagle Card now. It looks like a debit card that is linked to your checking account that you load money on. I wish I knew what happened to mine...</p><p><br /></p><p>With the exception of the POGs, everything comes from eBay or my coin friends who score things for me from coin shows. (Thanks [USER=22729]@BRandM[/USER] and [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] !)</p><p><br /></p><p>Now my other passion, Ancients! I lack focus here. I like Greek, Roman, and non-classical cultures. Here&#039;s a digital tray:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]620465[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Most of those are Roman or Roman provincial but there are a couple Seleucid, a Carthaginian, and Greek. Below is a Numidian:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-138-micipsa-horse.4632/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Kings of Numidia, Micipsa, c. 148-118 BC</p><p>Æ26, 12.9g, 12h; Numidian mint.</p><p>Obv.: Laureate head of king left.</p><p>Rev.: Horse galloping left, pellet below.</p><p><br /></p><p>About 95% of my ancients come from private sales but I&#039;ve also purchased from FORVM Ancient Coins, Civitas Galleries, and Shick Coins (I think).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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