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5 Francs - Camp de Coëtquidan
| Issuer | Dépots de Prisonniers de Guerre de la 10e Région |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper with black letterpress text throughout. A decorative border of repeating ornamental motifs runs along the left edge. The issuing authority is printed in bold capitals across the top, followed by the denomination "Cinq francs" in large bold script at centre. A circular violet official handstamp appears at the left, partially legible as the Camp de Coëtquidan prisoner-of-war depot mark, with two manuscript signatures in violet ink below the printed titles of the Commandant and the Comptable, alongside a handwritten serial number. |
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| Reverse description | Entirely plain cream paper with no printed design, text, or decoration; only incidental pencil notations are visible, attributable to later collector or dealer use. |
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Camp de Coëtquidan, located in Brittany near Guer, was a French military camp that during the First World War held German prisoners of war. The 10th Military Region administered a network of such camps across western France, and these fractional notes were issued purely for internal canteen transactions — prisoners could not legally hold or spend French currency, so camp scrip filled the gap.
Coëtquidan's wartime prisoner notes are among the less-documented in the broader French POW camp series. The 5 Francs denomination is notably high for camp scrip of this period, where centimes and single-franc values dominated daily use.