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50 centimes - Bon de cantine - Nevers
| Issuer | Dépôt des Prisonniers de Guerre de Nevers |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Typeset in black letterpress on blue paper within a plain ruled border, the obverse carries the issuing authority's name at the top in bold serif capitals, separated from the body text by a wavy ornamental rule. The canteen designation "Bon de Cantine" appears in italic script, with the denomination "0 fr. 50" set in large bold numerals below. A manuscript authorization signature occupies the lower left, while a sequential serial number is printed within a hatched rectangular box at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Dépôt des Prisonniers de Guerre de Nevers Bon de Cantine 0 fr. 50 No |
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Bons de cantine were internal scrip issued by French prisoner-of-war depots during the First World War, valid only within the camp canteen and worthless outside it — a deliberate measure to prevent detainees from accumulating currency usable for escape or bribery. Nevers, a town in the Nièvre département, hosted one of numerous such depots established rapidly after August 1914 as France processed the surge of German and Austro-Hungarian prisoners.
Camp-issued scrip of this type was produced locally, often by modest regional printers with no banknote experience, which accounts for the variable print quality seen across surviving examples from different depots.