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5 Cents Fort Benning PoW Camp
| Uitgever | Fort Benning Prisoner of War Camp |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1942-1945 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
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| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Printed in dark red ink on pink paper, the obverse carries a letterpress layout divided into two sections. The left portion bears three lines of bold uppercase text reading FORT BENNING / PRISONER OF WAR / EXCHANGE, with EXCHANGE set within a solid rectangular band, below which appears the void date inscription Void After 25 June 1945 alongside a printed serial number. To the right, a bordered cartouche contains the large numeral 5 above the word CENTS. |
|---|---|
| Opschrift voorzijde | FORT BENNING PRISONER OF WAR EXCHANGE Void After 25 June 1945 5 CENTS |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opmerkingen |
Fort Benning held Axis prisoners — primarily German and Italian — under the Geneva Convention's requirement that captives be compensated for labor. These scrip notes were the mechanism: PoWs received them as wages, then spent them within the camp canteen system. The currency was deliberately non-negotiable outside the wire, preventing it from functioning as escape currency or entering local civilian commerce.
Pink paper was not cosmetic — color-coding denominations reduced counterfeiting and simplified canteen accounting. Similar color-differentiated scrip appeared at dozens of American PoW installations, though individual camp printings varied considerably in quality and design execution.