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1 Cent Wheeler PoW Camp
| Issuer | Camp Wheeler Prisoner of War Camp Canteen |
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| Year | 1940-1945 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Green stock with dark red letterpress print throughout. The left portion carries four lines of canteen and camp identification text above a serial number in large characters. To the right, a vertical rectangular panel frames the numeral '1' over the word 'CENT', bordered by a simple oval device. |
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| Obverse lettering | PRISONER OF WAR CAMP CANTEEN CAMP WHEELER, GEORGIA NOT VALID FOR PURCHASES AFTER 25 JUNE 1945 1 CENT |
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Camp Wheeler, outside Macon, Georgia, operated as a U.S. Army infantry training post and held Axis prisoners of war — primarily German — under the Geneva Convention framework that required detaining powers to provide canteen access for POWs. These fractional camp scrip notes exist because American currency was not permitted in POW compound canteens; the scrip system allowed prisoners to spend their labor credits without handling U.S. coin or notes that could theoretically assist an escape attempt.
Denominations this small point to a canteen economy built around tobacco, soap, and small sundries. The 1-cent value is among the most fragile survivors of the Wheeler series.