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10 Lire Monturano - n.70
| Issuer | Campo Concentramento Prigionieri di Guerra N.70, Monturano |
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| Year | 1939-1945 |
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| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
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| Reverse description | Entirely unprinted, plain cream-coloured paper with no lettering, vignette, or design elements of any kind. |
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| Protection description | Circular rubber camp stamp (Bollo del Campo) applied by hand to the obverse, serving as an authentication control. |
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Camp 70 at Monturano was one of Italy's prisoner-of-war internment camps operating under the Regio Esercito during the Second World War. Internal camp currency like this 10 Lire note was a deliberate administrative tool — by restricting prisoners to a parallel scrip redeemable only within the wire, authorities limited the usefulness of cash for bribery, escape-funding, or black-market dealings with local civilians.
The stamp serves as the primary security device, a common solution when dedicated printing infrastructure wasn't available. Documentation on Camp 70 specifically is sparse enough that surviving scrip pieces are among the few physical records confirming its operational details.