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2 Francs - Fort du Murier
| Issuer | Dépôt de Prisonniers de Guerre, Fort du Murier |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Value | 2 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on grey paper, with a decorative floral and laurel branch border framing the face. The denomination '2 francs' is set in bold lettering at centre, with the serial number in blue ink below. Header inscriptions identify the issuing prisoner-of-war depot canteen. |
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| Reverse description | Plain grey paper with a faint rectangular double-line border impressed into the stock; otherwise blank with no printed design or text. |
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Fort du Murier was one of several French prisoner-of-war camps that issued internal scrip during the First World War to allow detainees to purchase goods without handling official French currency — a practice sanctioned under the Geneva Convention framework governing POW camp administration. These camp emissions are among the most ephemeral monetary objects of the war: produced in tiny quantities, used within a single facility, and rarely preserved by men who had no particular reason to save them.
Grey paper stock was typical of wartime material shortages rather than a deliberate design choice.