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1 Lira Padova; Civilian Internment Camp
| Issuer | Campo Concentramento Internati Civili - Padova |
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| Year | 1939-1943 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse description | Plain letterpress voucher on pale yellow paper with black text. A bordered box at upper left carries the denomination numeral '1' above 'LIRE', with a vertical serial number to its left. The camp name and redemption clause are set in bold type, with a handwritten commandant's signature in blue ink at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Campo Concentramento Internati Civili - Padova Buono per Lire UNA Lire 1 Il Comandante del Campo Valevole solo nel campo. (Translation: Civilian Internment Concentration Camp Padova. Voucher for one lira. 1 lira. The Camp Commandant. Valid only in the camp.) |
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Italy operated a network of civilian internment camps during the Second World War, holding political detainees, foreign nationals, and ethnic minorities under the 1940 internment decrees. Padova's camp was one of several that issued internal scrip to prevent internees from holding or accumulating official currency — a control measure as much as a logistical one. The scrip had no value outside the wire.
Camp-issued lire from this period survive in tiny numbers. Most were confiscated or destroyed at liberation.