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1 Cent Como PoW Camp
| Issuer | Prisoner of War Camp Canteen, Como, Mississippi |
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| Year | 1943-1945 |
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| Value | 1 Cent (0.01 USD) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark blue on pink paper, the obverse is divided into two sections: the left portion carries the camp identification in bold letterpress lettering arranged in stacked lines, with the word CANTEEN set within a decorative oval cartouche, below which a warning notice and a red serial number appear; the right portion is enclosed within a ruled border and bears the large numeral '1' above the denomination CENT in bold type. |
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| Obverse lettering | PRISONER OF WAR CAMP CANTEEN COMO, MISSISSIPPI NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 1 CENT |
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Como, Mississippi was the site of a German prisoner of war camp operating under the U.S. Army's POW program, which by 1944 held over 400,000 Axis prisoners across hundreds of American facilities. Camp canteen scrip was a deliberate policy decision — prisoners were paid a nominal wage for labor (10 cents per day under the Geneva Convention), and scrip prevented that money from functioning as usable currency outside the wire. Pink paper was a common differentiator used by smaller camps to distinguish denominations at a glance.
Como camp scrip is rarely encountered. Most was redeemed or destroyed at war's end.