Catalog
1 Pfennig Aschaffenburg; PoW Camp
| Issuer | II. Bayerisches Armeekorps, Aschaffenburg Prisoner of War Camp |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (0.01) |
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| Obverse description | Small stamp-format voucher with perforated edges, printed in brown on white paper. The central field carries a Bavarian lozenge (Rauten) coat of arms within a wreath of stylized foliage, overprinted in black with the bold sans-serif text "Aschaffenburg". The inscription "II. BAIR. A.K." appears at the top and the denomination "1 PFG." is repeated at lower left and lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | II. BAIR. A.K. Aschaffenburg 1 PFG. 1 |
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Prisoner of war camp scrip from WWI-era Germany was issued under Army Corps authority specifically to prevent captive laborers from accumulating Reichsmark currency — a deliberate monetary containment policy that also applied to German civilians in controlled labor situations. The II. Bayerisches Armeekorps operated camps across Bavaria, and camp-specific denominations like this 1 Pfennig piece were printed locally in tiny quantities for canteen transactions only.
At this denomination, survival rates are poor. Most camp scrip was demonetized and pulped after 1918 repatriation.