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1 Cent Pryor PoW Canteen
| Issuer | Prisoner of War Canteen, Pryor, Oklahoma |
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| Year | 1944-1945 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on buff-yellow paper, the obverse is divided into two panels. The left panel bears a rectangular cartouche with bold letterpress text reading PRISONER OF WAR CANTEEN, below which the issuing location PRYOR, OKLAHOMA appears in black, with the alphanumeric serial number printed in red beneath. The right panel, framed by fine ruled borders, displays the numeral 1 above the denomination CENT in bold black type. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is plain, printed on unadorned buff-yellow paper with no text, vignette, or additional markings. |
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Pryor, Oklahoma was the site of a substantial prisoner of war facility during the final years of the Second World War, housing predominantly German POWs who worked in local agriculture and industry under the Geneva Convention labor provisions. Canteen scrip of this type was issued to give prisoners a controlled medium of exchange within camp — real currency was strictly prohibited, and the scrip itself was theoretically worthless outside the wire.
Camp-printed scrip from small interior installations like Pryor is considerably rarer than that issued by larger facilities with formal procurement channels. The Campbell reference number suggests it was documented but not widely collected at the time.