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20 centimes - Saint Brieuc
| Issuer | Dépôts de Prisonniers de Guerre de la 10e Région, Saint-Brieuc |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse description | Plain buff paper printed in black letterpress throughout, with a decorative perforated border running along the left edge. The heading reads 'DÉPOTS DE PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE / de la 10e Région' at the top, below which a violet handstamp bears the location name 'SAINT-BRIEUC'. The denomination 'Vingt centimes' is set in large bold type at centre, with manuscript signatures of the Commandant and the Comptable below, alongside a handwritten serial number. |
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| Obverse lettering | DÉPOTS DE PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE de la 10e Région SAINT-BRIEUC Vingt centimes Le Commandant, Le Comptable, (Translation: Prisoners of war depot of the 10th region. Twenty centimes. The commander, the accountant.) |
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Saint-Brieuc sits in Brittany, and the 10th Military Region administered a network of prisoner-of-war camps across the area during the First World War. These centimes notes were issued exclusively for use within those camps — a closed scrip system that prevented German and Austro-Hungarian prisoners from accumulating French currency with any value outside the wire. The issuing authority reported directly to the military command, not to any civil monetary body.
Paper camp currency of this type survives poorly. It was printed for utility, not durability, and most was destroyed or simply disintegrated in the conditions of wartime detention facilities.