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Obverse Design
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TENTH INF. / (ornament, adorno) / EXCHANGE. All in a sunken circle.
Todo en un círculo hundido. Denticles along a raised rim both sides, dentículos a lo
largo de un borde elevado ambos lados.
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Reverse Design
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GOOD FOR / 50˘ / IN TRADE. All in a sunken circle with a circle of dots. Todo en un
círculo hundido con puntos a lo largo del borde.
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Metal
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Brass / Latón
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Weight
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Unknown.
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Size and Shape
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Round/redondo, 32 mm in diameter/en diametro.
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Dates Issued
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1911-1917.
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Issurer
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Tenth Infantry stationed at Camp Otis.
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Mintage
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Unknown.
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Rarity
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Very Rare.
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Manufacturer
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Unknown.
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Other Catalog Numbers
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None / Ninguna
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Varieties
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None known.
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Function
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Post exchange token.
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Historical Note
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The 10th Infantry was stationed in the Canal Zone at Camp Otis from October 1911
until May 1917. Upon arrival from its original station in Texas, the 10th Infantry
consisted of 33 officers and 813 enlisted men.
The camp was named for Major General Elwell S. Otis (1838-1909),
a veteran of the Civil War and the Philippines. Camp Otis was an old labor camp
named Las Cascadas which was turned over to the US Army in 1911, after there was
no more use for it in the Panama Canal construction effort.
In 1917 the 10th Infantry was redeployed to France as part of the American
Expeditionary Force.
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Population Count
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Only one specimen in collector hands is known to me.
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