Catalog
1 Pfennig Karlsruhe; PoW Camp
| Issuer | XIV Armeekorps (Karlsruhe Prisoner of War Camp) |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse lettering | XIV Armeekorps 1 Pfennig |
| Reverse description | Blank reverse of plain unprinted paper, showing aged toning and surface creasing consistent with circulation in a prisoner-of-war camp environment. |
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XIV Armeekorps operated the prisoner of war camp at Karlsruhe during the First World War, and these fractional Pfennig notes were issued specifically for internal camp circulation — a closed economy designed to prevent prisoners from accumulating currency usable outside the wire. The 1 Pfennig denomination is among the smallest monetary tokens issued by any German military authority during that conflict.
The physical size alone tells you something: at under two centimeters in either dimension, handling and forgery resistance were clearly not priorities.