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10 Centimes - Nevers
| Issuer | Dépôt de Prisonniers de Guerre de Nevers |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream-coloured paper with black letterpress text stating the issuing authority and denomination. Two circular blue handstamps applied over the printed text: one to the left bearing a seated allegorical figure vignette with the legend "PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE - NEVERS" around the circumference, and a second larger circular handstamp to the right reading "DÉPÔT DE PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE DE NEVERS - LE COMPTABLE". A serialised number is printed at the lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE de la 8e Région BON de 0.10 cent DEPOT DE PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE DE NEVERS - Le comptable - (Translation: War prisoners of the 8th region. Voucher of 10 centimes. War prisoner depot of Nevers. The accountable.) |
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One of hundreds of camp-issued fractional notes produced across France during the First World War, this Nevers piece was circulated exclusively within the prisoner-of-war depot — a closed monetary system designed to prevent detainees from accumulating currency usable outside the wire. French military authorities encouraged local camp administrations to develop their own scrip rather than allow access to francs, which could facilitate escape attempts or black-market dealings with guards.
Paper issues from these depots deteriorate badly; the stock was never intended to last, and attrition rates among surviving examples are high.