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25 Cents Auburn; DeWitt General Hospital
| Issuer | DeWitt General Hospital |
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| Year | 1945-1946 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Printed on buff-yellow paper in dark blue letterpress, the obverse is divided into two panels separated by a ruled border: the larger left panel carries the issuer name and location in tiered inscriptions, with the word CANTEEN set in a bold oval cartouche, and the cautionary notice NOT GOOD IF DETACHED in the lower left corner; the serial number is printed in red below the main inscriptions. The right panel, framed by a heavy rectangular border, displays the denomination numeral and unit in large bold type. |
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| Obverse lettering | PRISONER OF WAR CANTEEN DeWitt General Hospital AUBURN, CALIFORNIA NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 25 CENTS |
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DeWitt General Hospital was a U.S. Army installation activated in 1944 in Auburn, California, built primarily to receive casualties from the Pacific theater. Like other large military hospitals of the period, it operated an internal scrip system to facilitate small transactions within the facility — the PX, canteen, and similar services — without requiring soldiers and staff to handle official currency on the ward.
The Camp and Canteen series cataloged by Campbell (Camb#7950) documents dozens of such localized issues, most destroyed when the facilities closed. DeWitt was deactivated in 1946, which brackets this note's entire possible circulation to roughly two years.