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0.50 Reichsmark Buchenwald Concentration Camp
| Issuer | SS-Standort-Kantine Buchenwald |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Reference(s) | Camb#3951 |
| Obverse description | Plain green guilloche underprint on cream paper, with black letterpress text throughout. The issuer inscription appears at the top, followed by the denomination in large bold numerals flanked by the "RM." abbreviation on either side within double-rule borders. The word "WERTMARKE" and a serial number appear at the lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is unprinted, showing plain cream-tan paper stock with no text, vignette, or underprint of any kind. |
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Buchenwald camp scrip was issued by the SS garrison canteen — not for prisoner use, but for SS personnel stationed at the camp. The system prevented regular Reichsmark from circulating within the perimeter, a security and accounting measure common to SS installations. Prisoners were issued separate, more restricted scrip under different series.
Campbell 3951 is among the earlier-dated Buchenwald issues. Post-war survival rates for this material are complicated by the fact that Allied forces arrived at Buchenwald on 11 April 1945 — some scrip was seized as evidence, some destroyed, some pocketed as souvenirs by liberating soldiers.