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1 Cent Como; Internment Camp
| Issuer | Como Internment Camp Post Exchange, Como, Mississippi |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark blue letterpress on pink paper stock, the face is divided into two distinct panels: the left panel carries the camp name and location in bold type with a solid dark blue horizontal band inscribed 'POST EXCHANGE' across its centre, and a red serial number alongside the caution 'NOT GOOD IF DETACHED' at lower left. The right panel, enclosed within a rectangular border, bears the large bold numeral '1' over the denomination 'CENT'. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted pink paper, with no applied design, text, or ornamental elements, leaving the natural fibrous texture of the stock exposed. |
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Como was one of the smaller prisoner-of-war camps established in Mississippi under the Geneva Convention framework that required the U.S. Army to provide canteen facilities for POW labor. The Post Exchange scrip allowed German prisoners — most captured in North Africa and later Tunisia — to spend their nominal wages, set at 80 cents per day for enlisted men, without handling U.S. currency directly.
Pink paper was a deliberate choice across many camp scrip series to distinguish denominations at a glance and to complicate counterfeiting by prisoners with limited materials.