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20 Centimes - 62° compagnie
| Issuer | 62e Compagnie de Prisonniers de Guerre |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Value | 20 Centimes (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black letterpress on red paper, the obverse presents a straightforward typographic layout centred on the denomination 0 Fr. 20 in large bold type, flanked above and below by decorative rule separators. The heading PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE and unit designation 62e Compagnie appear in the upper portion, while the lower text reads Bon payable au Bureau de la Compagnie, followed by the printed signature line of the Commandant de la 62 Compagnie. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely plain, printed in uniform red with no text, vignette, or additional design elements. |
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French prisoner-of-war camp scrip, issued internally by the 62nd company of prisoners — almost certainly held in Germany — to allow small transactions within the camp economy without access to Reichsmarks. These internal currencies were a widespread workaround under the 1907 Hague Convention, which permitted camp administrators to pay prisoners for labor in camp-issued tokens or notes redeemable only within the compound.
The red paper stock is practical, not decorative — color differentiation prevented inter-company counterfeiting and simplified denomination control by guards and camp accountants. Surviving examples from individual company-level issues are considerably rarer than centrally administered camp currencies.