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When soldiers were first sent to Afghanistan, there was a shortage of coins in the AAFES system, so small cost items such as candy were used as change. This system was not optimal, and AAFES wanted to make maximal use of their available shipping weight for goods for the soldiers and not use-up part of that weight to ship coins. The wife of an AAFES executive suggested the use of a plastic disc to act as an "IOU". This idea was developed and AAFES instituted the use of plastic discs, called "POGs", in the value of 5 cents, 10 cents and 25 cents

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Questions & Comments
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i use to have lots of this but never the history ones
Jan 11th, 2012 at 1:29:10 PM PST by
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I was surprised to, I used to play POGS as a kid, but never knew the military used them as loose change.
Jan 11th, 2012 at 4:19:41 PM PST by
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i know right. i bidding onthe other ones lol.
Jan 12th, 2012 at 6:47:27 PM PST by
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thank you
Jan 13th, 2012 at 10:08:01 AM PST by

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