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5 Cents Grant PoW Camp
| Issuer | United States Army – Camp Grant Prisoner of War Camp |
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| Year | 1943-1946 |
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| Value | 5 Cents (0.05 USD) |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress print on light buff paper, with a double-rule border framing the entire face. The upper portion carries the camp identification inscriptions in bold block lettering, while the lower-left panel contains the cautionary legend and a serial number printed in red. The denomination '5 CENTS' is set in large numerals within a separate ruled panel at the right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 CENTS PRISONER OF WAR CAMP CAMP GRANT, ILLINOIS NOT GOOD IF DETACHED |
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Camp Grant, located near Rockford, Illinois, held Axis prisoners — primarily German — during the later war years. Like most American PoW camps, it issued scrip to allow prisoners to make canteen purchases without handling official U.S. currency, a requirement under the Geneva Convention's provisions on prisoner labor and compensation. The scrip system also allowed authorities to control and monitor purchasing activity within the compound.
S&B#1053 places this within Schwan and Boling's broader classification of U.S. military payment and detention facility issues. Camp Grant scrip is modestly scarce — the camp closed in 1946 and most remaining scrip was destroyed rather than redeemed.