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1 Pfennig - Oberhausen PoW Camp Oberhausen Colliery
| Issuer | Oberhausen Colliery (Zeche Oberhausen) |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (0.01) |
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| Obverse description | Plain tan-coloured card stock enclosed by a dashed rectangular border. The denomination numeral "1" is printed in large bold black letterpress type at centre, followed by the abbreviation "Pfg." to its right. A pink underprint featuring a repeating monogram or cipher device appears symmetrically on the left and right sides of the central inscription. |
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| Reverse lettering | WALZWERK O. |
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Zeche Oberhausen was one of several Ruhr collieries authorized to issue their own Lagergeld for use within prisoner-of-war camps during the First World War. These colliery-issued notes functioned as scrip redeemable only within the camp canteen or commissary — a deliberate mechanism to prevent POWs from accumulating Reichsmark currency that could fund escape attempts or be used outside the camp perimeter.
The 1 Pfennig denomination is the lowest in such series, issued primarily to enable exact-change transactions in controlled retail settings. Notes at this face value saw heavy handling and survive poorly.