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1 Cent Narragansett Bay; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay, P.W. Canteen |
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| Year | 1941-1945 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in black and red on buff paper. A large red numeral '1' appears within a decorative border at left, below which the denomination 'CENT' is inscribed. The central field carries the issuing authority legend in black letterpress with a large red serial-book numeral '6' as an underprint across the middle. A vertical panel at right bears a printed serial number. The lower legend states the note is non-transferable and void if detached. |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted buff paper with no text, vignettes, or other design elements. |
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Prisoner of war canteen scrip issued by U.S. Army harbor defense installations around Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, under the Geneva Convention obligation to provide POWs access to a canteen using non-negotiable currency. The scrip prevented prisoners from accumulating U.S. legal tender, which could facilitate escape or black-market activity outside the wire.
Harbor defense canteen issues are among the more obscure categories of American PoW scrip — overshadowed by larger camp series from the interior — and surviving low-denomination pieces like this 1 cent value rarely appear in dedicated scrip auctions.