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10 Cents Camp 202
| Issuer | Camp 202 |
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| Year | 1939-1946 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on yellow-ochre paper. The denomination '10¢' appears in bold numerals at upper left, with camp number '202' below in smaller type. A decorative scroll border runs horizontally across the lower portion, with partial text 'DETAC...' visible beneath. |
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| Reverse lettering | AUG 27 |
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Camp 202 was one of several internment and prisoner-of-war facilities that issued scrip to control internal commerce — preventing detainees from accumulating currency usable outside the wire. The denomination places this firmly in the small-change tier, used for canteen transactions where fractional amounts mattered.
Without confirmed details on the specific camp's location or printing source, fabricating a circulation story would be irresponsible. What is certain: the 1939–1946 window spans the entirety of the Second World War, and scrip from this period was routinely destroyed or discarded at camp closure, making survivors genuinely uncommon.