2 Lire Passo Corese - n.54

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.