Catalog
1 Rupee Bangalore; PoW Camps
| Issuer | Prisoners of War Camp, Bangalore (Group I) |
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| Year | 1941-1945 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress print on paper with an overall guilloche underprint forming a decorative border and central background pattern. The denomination "ONE RUPEE" is printed in large black letters across the centre, with "Re.1" appearing in boxed panels at left and right. A red overprint reads "Group I Bangalore" across the middle, with "PRISONERS OF WAR" arching along the top and "CAMP" at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | PRISONERS OF WAR ONE RUPEE Re.1 Group I Bangalore CAMP |
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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.