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1000 francs - Cantine des P. G. A.
| Issuer | Houillères du Bassin du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais |
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| Year | 1945-1948 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Plain letterpress print in black on beige paper, with no vignette or ornamental underprint. The issuing authority and group designation appear in two lines at the top, followed by the large-format denomination legend in the centre. Below, the redemption clause is set in smaller type, with the authorising title of the Chief Engineer of Administrative and Commercial Services at lower left; a manuscript signature occupies the lower-left area and a serial number prefixed by 'No' is printed at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Houillères du Bassin du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais Groupe de Bruay - Cantine des P. G. A. BON pour 1000 francs valeur en marchandises à prendre à la Cantine du Camp L'Ingénieur en Chef des Services Administratifs et Commerciaux (Translation: Coal mines of the Nord Basin and Pas-de-Calais. Bruay Group, Axis prisoners of war canteen. Voucher for 1000 francs, value in goods to be taken at the camp canteen. The chief engineer of the administrative and commercial services.) |
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The Houillères du Bassin du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais was a nationalized coal mining authority created by the French government in 1946, consolidating colliery operations across the northern coalfields that had suffered severe damage and disruption under German occupation. Canteen scrip of this kind — "cantine des prisonniers de guerre allemands," referring to German POW labor deployed in the mines — circulated as internal currency within the camps, not in general commerce. These men formed a significant portion of postwar coal extraction labor in northern France as part of Allied reparations arrangements.
The beige paper stock is consistent with wartime and immediate postwar austerity printing. Denominations this high in POW canteen scrip are uncommon.