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2 Cents Camp Rucker; PoW Camp
| Issuer | United States Army - Camp Rucker Prisoner of War Camp |
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| Year | 1942-1946 |
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| Value | 2 Cents (0.02 USD) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed voucher in black ink on plain paper. The left portion carries a bordered panel with the canteen and camp inscriptions in bold block lettering, with a small cautionary notice in the lower left corner. To the right, a stamp-style vignette with a decorative border frames the denomination numeral '2' above the word 'CENTS'. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely plain, unprinted paper with no text, imagery, or security features. |
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Camp Rucker, established in Alabama in 1942, held Axis prisoners — predominantly German — as part of the large-scale POW internment program run across the American South under the Geneva Convention. Camp scrip like this 2-cent note was issued specifically to prevent prisoners from accumulating U.S. currency, which could fund escape attempts. The Army's Provost Marshal General oversaw the program nationally, and denominations were deliberately kept small and the currency visually distinct from any legal tender.
Camp Rucker scrip is among the scarcer surviving American POW issues — the camp closed rapidly after 1945 and most remaining stock was destroyed during demobilization.