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25 Cents Rupert; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Prisoner of War Camp Canteen, Rupert, Idaho |
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| Year | 1943-1946 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress print on yellow paper, divided into two panels within a rectangular border: the left panel carries the canteen inscription in bold capitals with a red serial number below, while the right panel bears a shield-shaped frame enclosing the numeral '25' over 'CENTS', with 'NOT GOOD IF DETACHED' in a banner beneath. |
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| Obverse lettering | PRISONER OF WAR CAMP CANTEEN RUPERT, IDAHO 25 CENTS NOT GOOD IF DETACHED |
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Rupert, Idaho held German and Italian POWs under the U.S. Army's wartime internment program, and the camp canteen required its own scrip to comply with the Geneva Convention's prohibition on forcing prisoners to handle U.S. currency directly. These yellow paper chits are among the more locally produced examples of American POW camp money — printed in-town rather than supplied through a central military contractor, which accounts for the rudimentary typography found across the series.
Survivorship is uneven. Prisoners occasionally retained scrip as souvenirs upon repatriation, which is why European collections sometimes hold better examples than domestic ones.