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10 Cents Pryor PoW Canteen
| Issuer | Prisoner of War Canteen, Pryor, Oklahoma |
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| Year | 1944-1945 |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in black on pale cream paper. The upper left portion carries a rectangular cartouche with a decorative border enclosing the two-line inscription PRISONER OF WAR CANTEEN, with the camp location PRYOR, OKLAHOMA printed below in black. A red serial number appears beneath the camp name. To the right, a ruled box contains the denomination 10 CENTS in bold black letterpress. |
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| Obverse lettering | PRISONER OF WAR CANTEEN PRYOR, OKLAHOMA 10 CENTS |
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Pryor, Oklahoma was the site of a German prisoner of war camp during the Second World War, one of hundreds established across the American interior under the Geneva Convention framework that obligated the U.S. to house and feed Axis prisoners. Canteen scrip of this type was issued specifically to prevent POWs from accumulating U.S. currency, which could theoretically fund escape attempts — a concern taken seriously enough to generate an entire parallel monetary system across the camp network.
The Pryor issue is among the more locally produced examples, printed on-site rather than ordered through a central supply. Cambridge 8429 reflects that improvised origin.