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2 Pfennig Golzern; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Kriegsgefangenenlager Golzern (Mulde) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Currency | Papiermark (1914-1923) |
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| Reverse description | Blank (uniface issue); the obverse design shows through the thin paper stock as a ghost image. |
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| Protection description | Star hexagon pattern (Stern-Sechseck-Muster, Keller#63) |
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| Comments |
Golzern, a small village on the Mulde river in Saxony, housed one of the many German prisoner-of-war camps that issued their own internal scrip during the First World War — a practical response to the Reich's prohibition on circulating standard coinage within camp perimeters. These camp currencies prevented prisoners from accumulating spendable money that could fund escape attempts or black-market dealings outside the wire.
Johannes Pässler of Dresden was a regional commercial printer, not a security specialist, which makes the watermark here an interesting choice — likely a cost-effective sheet stock rather than a bespoke security measure. The Campouvres series for this camp runs to at least several denominations, and the 2 Pfennig is among the lowest-value pieces, suggesting a functioning internal economy with genuine small-change needs.