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10 Cents Atlanta; PoW Camp Exchange
| Issuer | Prisoner of War Camp Exchange, Atlanta, Nebraska |
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| Year | 1944-1946 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed voucher in black ink on cream paper stock. At left, a bold bordered vignette contains the denomination "US 10 CENTS" in large stacked type, flanked by small star ornaments. To the right, the issuing authority inscription is printed in two lines above a red serial number, with the cautionary notice "Not good if detached" set in a ruled panel at the base. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely blank, showing only the plain cream paper stock with no printed elements or markings. |
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During World War II, the U.S. Army operated a network of prisoner of war camps across the continental United States, housing primarily German and Italian POWs. Camp canteen scrip was issued to prevent prisoners from accumulating U.S. currency — Federal law prohibited POWs from holding American money, so each installation issued its own internal exchange notes redeemable only within the camp perimeter. Atlanta, Nebraska hosted a relatively small facility, and its scrip issues are correspondingly scarce.
The Campbell reference (7548) situates this among the better-documented camp issues, though surviving examples from smaller Midwest installations remain harder to locate than scrip from the larger Texas or Arkansas compounds.