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1 Rupee Bangalore; PoW Camps
| Issuer | Prisoners of War Camp, Bangalore (Group I) |
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| Year | 1941-1945 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1770-1947) |
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| Obverse lettering | PRISONERS OF WAR ONE RUPEE Re.1 Group I Bangalore CAMP |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse of aged cream-buff paper, showing natural foxing, crease lines, and handling wear consistent with circulation use in a wartime camp environment. |
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Bangalore's PoW camp scrip occupies a specific and well-documented niche in wartime internment currency. British Indian authorities issued camp money to restrict prisoner purchasing power to approved canteen goods, preventing contact with the local economy and reducing escape incentives — a logic applied across internment systems from Europe to the Pacific.
Group I designation distinguishes the issuing administration from later organisational subdivisions as camp populations shifted during the war. The notes circulated within the wire and had no value outside it.