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1 Anna Bhopal; PoW Camps
| Issuer | Bhopal Prisoner of War Camp |
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| Year | 1941-1945 |
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| Value | 1 Anna (1⁄16) |
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| Obverse lettering | PRISONERS OF WAR ONE ANNA BHOPAL 1A CAMP |
| Reverse description | Reverse is unprinted, presenting a plain cream-coloured surface with no text, vignette, or decorative elements of any kind. |
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Bhopal State hosted a Prisoner of War camp during the Second World War, and these internal scrip notes were issued to allow PoW transactions within the camp economy — preventing direct access to circulating currency that could facilitate escape. The 1 Anna denomination places this at the lowest end of the camp's scrip scale, likely used for canteen purchases.
Campbell 5099 is sparsely documented, and surviving examples are genuinely uncommon. Most PoW camp issues from the Indian subcontinent were destroyed or simply discarded after repatriation, with little institutional interest in preserving them at the time.