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30 Points Uden Refugee Camp
| Issuer | Vluchtoord Uden (Uden Refugee Camp) |
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| Year | 1915-1919 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Plain beige paper token with letterpress-printed black text arranged in three lines: issuer name at top, camp location in the centre, and large numeral denomination below. A faint violet administrative stamp is visible across the upper portion of the face. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted reverse of aged beige paper, showing extensive surface cracking and wear consistent with heavy circulation use during the First World War period. |
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Vluchtoord Uden was one of several internment camps established in the Netherlands to house Belgian civilians and soldiers who crossed the border following the German invasion of 1914. At its peak the camp held tens of thousands of displaced persons, and the internal scrip system — of which this 30-point note is a part — was introduced to manage economic activity within the camp without allowing Dutch currency to circulate freely among the interned population. The points denominations had no fixed external exchange rate and were redeemable only at camp facilities.
The series ran across the entirety of the camp's operational period, and most notes saw heavy use in the canteen and cooperative systems before being withdrawn when the camp closed and repatriation began.