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10 Centimes - Montoire Loir & Cher
| Issuer | Dépôt d'Officiers Prisonniers de Guerre de Montoire |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is plain light green paper bearing two handstamps applied in blue and black ink. A large circular black handstamp at centre right reads 'DÉPÔT D'OFFICIERS PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE - MONTOIRE (L. & C.)' around the circumference with 'LE COMMANDANT' across the centre. A smaller blue circular handstamp appears at upper left. The word 'COMPTABLE' is applied vertically in a brown or black letterpress impression along the left side. |
| Reverse lettering | DÉPÔT D'OFFICIERS PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE - MONTOIRE (L. & C.) - LE COMMANDANT COMPTABLE (Translation: Depot of officers prisoner of war Montoire (Loir-et-Cher). Commander. Accountant.) |
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Montoire-sur-le-Loir housed a French detention camp for German and Austro-Hungarian officers during the First World War, and the prisoner-of-war camp scrip series — of which this 10 centimes piece is the smallest denomination — was issued to allow officers some degree of internal purchasing power without access to circulating French currency. Officer-grade POW camps operated under the 1907 Hague Convention's requirement that detained officers receive pay commensurate with their rank, and camp-issued tokens or notes were the standard mechanism for managing that obligation without security risk.
Paper centimes scrip from this camp survives in very small numbers; the low face value meant heavy use and casual disposal.