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2 Francs - 62° compagnie
| Issuer | 62e Compagnie de Prisonniers de Guerre |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Plain letterpress-printed voucher on cream paper, enclosed within a simple double-rule border. The heading "PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE" appears at the top in capitals, separated from the unit designation "62e Compagnie" by a short ornamental rule with central dot. The denomination "2 Francs" is set in large bold type at centre, below which the redemption clause and the commander's signature line are printed in smaller italic script. |
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| Reverse description | Completely blank, printed on plain cream paper with no text, imagery, or ornamentation. |
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French prisoner-of-war camp scrip occupies a genuinely obscure corner of WWI monetary history. Individual compagnies — administrative units grouping prisoners held in France — issued their own internal currency to allow camp commerce while preventing real francs from circulating among the captive population. The 62e Compagnie was one of dozens of such units, and denomination variety within a single compagnie's scrip was often narrow, making the 2 Franc piece the workhorse of whatever internal economy the camp sustained.
Survival rates are poor. Most camp scrip was destroyed, confiscated, or simply disintegrated given the improvised materials used in production.