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25 Cents Atlanta; PoW Camp Exchange
| Issuer | Prisoner of War Camp Exchange, Atlanta, Nebraska |
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| Year | 1944-1946 |
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| Value | 25 Cents (0.25 USD) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed voucher on buff-yellow paper in black ink, with the denomination 'US 25 CENTS' displayed vertically at left within a shield-shaped frame bearing a star motif at top and bottom. The remaining face is divided into two panels: the upper panel carries the issuing authority inscription in bold block lettering, while the lower panel bears the serial letter prefix and number printed in red. A horizontal rule separates the lower legend 'Not good if detached' from the serial number panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | US 25 CENTS PRISONER OF WAR CAMP EXCHANGE ATLANTA, NEBR. Not good if detached. |
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The Atlanta Prisoner of War camp in Nebraska was one of hundreds of branch camps established across the American interior during the latter stages of the Second World War, primarily to house German prisoners put to work in agricultural labor. Camp exchange scrip like this was a deliberate policy tool: U.S. Army regulations prohibited POWs from holding U.S. currency, so dedicated camp chits filled the gap, redeemable only within the camp canteen system and worthless outside the wire.
Atlanta, Nebraska was a genuinely small operation — a satellite of the larger camp infrastructure rather than a major installation — which kept issuance volumes low. Campbell #7549 is correspondingly scarce.