The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 19, May 11, 2003, Article 7

INTERNMENT CAMP TOKEN REFERENCE

  Howard A. Daniel III writes:  "I do not know of references
  about these tokens but I can write that if anyone wants to know
  about them, they can send an email to MPCGram at Yahoo.com
  and request a subscription to the MPC Gram, a free almost
  daily newsletter not only about Military Payment Certificates,
  but many, many other military financial instruments.  Anyone can
  submit a letter to the editor or write a small item about their
  question(s) and I am VERY sure he or she will receive at least
  one email with the answer(s).

  The editor of the MPC Gram, Fred Schwan, is one of the
  authors of "World War II Remembered" and can probably
  answer any question(s) about these tokens too.  But he will
  usually wait for a reader to take a stab at answering before
  he jumps in."

  The other author, Joe Boling writes: "Where did you find
  anything in Schwan-Boling about Japanese-American
  internment camp tokens?  I have never heard of any."

  [Well, I'm just plain lazy sometimes and didn't take the time
  to confirm the listing in Schwan-Boling before publishing last
  week's item.  After seeing Joe's note I recalled that the
  source of information was Lance Campbell's "Prisoner of
  War and Concentration Camp Money of the Twentieth
  Century"  Second Edition, 1993, also published by BNR
  Press.

  An entry on p87 lists fiber tokens of the Crystal City, Texas
  civilian internment camp.  "This camp was open from 1943-
  1948 and housed families of predominantly Japanese heritage."
  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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