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10 Aurar Camp Knox
| Issuer | Ship Service Camp Knox |
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| Year | 1940-1945 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper voucher with all text in black letterpress. The issuer inscription "Ship Service / Camp Knox" appears at the top, with the large numeral "10" centred in the middle field and the denomination "aurar" below. A serial number and series letter are printed at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Entirely unprinted cream paper, with no text, vignette, or underprint of any kind. |
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Camp Knox was an Icelandic internment and POW facility operating under Allied administration during the occupation period. The "Aurar" denomination — the Icelandic subunit of the Króna — is a deliberate choice, tying this scrip to local purchasing power rather than issuing it in a foreign military currency, which suggests it was intended for use in a defined commercial environment with Icelandic pricing in mind.
Ship Service scrip of this type rarely survives in any quantity. Most camp-issue paper was either spent to destruction or voided and pulped at the close of operations.