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2 Lire Passo Corese - n.54
| Issuer | Campo di Concentramento P.G. N. 54 (Passo Corese) |
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| Year | 1939-1943 |
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| Value | 2 Lire (2 ITL) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on orange paper. Camp authority circular handstamp at left; serial number prefixed by 'Nº' at lower left. Two manuscript signatures appear at centre-right, attributed to the camp commandant. |
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| Obverse lettering | Campo Concentramento P. G. N. 54 P. M. 3300 Buono da 2 lire VALE SOLO per lo Spaccio del Campo Il Comandante del Campo (Translation: Concentration camp no. 54. Voucher for 2 lire. Valid only at the camp canteen. The camp commandant.) |
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Campo di Concentramento P.G. N. 54 at Passo Corese, roughly 40 kilometers north of Rome, was one of the larger Italian prisoner-of-war camps operating under the Regio Esercito during the Second World War. Camp scrip like this 2 Lire note was a deliberate control mechanism — prisoners could receive pay for labor or Red Cross allowances only in camp-issue currency, preventing any accumulation of spendable lire that might finance an escape attempt.
The orange paper used for this denomination was a simple anti-counterfeiting measure within the camp itself, with different denominations distinguished by color rather than any elaborate printing security.