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1 Cent Fort Crook; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Fort Crook Prisoner of War Camp Canteen |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress print in black on yellow paper. Central text panel reads 'P.O.W. CAMP CANTEEN / FORT CROOK, NEB.' with a boxed numeral '1' and 'CENT' at right. A red serial number appears at lower left alongside the caution notice 'NOT GOOD IF DETACHED'. |
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| Obverse lettering | P. O .W. CAMP CANTEEN FORT CROOK, NEB NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 1 CENT |
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Fort Crook, Nebraska hosted German prisoners of war during the Second World War, and canteen scrip like this 1 Cent piece was issued to restrict POW purchasing power to camp facilities — a standard requirement under the Geneva Convention, which mandated that prisoners receive pay and be permitted to buy goods. The scrip prevented hard currency from circulating among the POW population and complicated any escape attempt that relied on real money.
A 1946 date places this after V-E Day, during the drawn-out repatriation period when thousands of German POWs remained in American camps well into 1946 before being returned — some via Britain first. Fort Crook itself was decommissioned as a POW facility shortly after.