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10 Yen - P.O.W. Canteen Ticket
| Issuer | Taiwan Prisoner of War Canteen |
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| Year | 1939-1945 |
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| Value | 10 Yen |
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| Obverse description | Plain green letterpress printing on cream paper within a decorative green border of repeating geometric ornaments. The denomination 拾圓券 appears in large Chinese characters at centre, with issue number line at top and the full canteen institution inscription in smaller characters at foot. A red handstamp is visible at right centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | No. 10 YEN P. O. W. Canteen Ticket |
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Issued by Japanese military authorities for use inside prisoner of war camps in Taiwan during the Second World War, these canteen tokens served as a controlled internal currency — preventing POWs from accumulating yen that could fund escape attempts or black market activity. The issuing "Taiwan Prisoner of War Canteen" was an administrative construct, not a financial institution.
Campbell 6756 is one of several denominations in the series. Survival rates vary considerably; many were confiscated or destroyed at liberation, and camp-to-camp differences in how rigorously the scrip system was enforced mean provenance can rarely be established with confidence.