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5 Francs Service des prisonniers de guerre
| Issuer | Ministère de la Guerre - Service des Prisonniers de Guerre |
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| Year | 1945-1947 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 | REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE MINISTÈRE de la GUERRE - SERVICE des PRISONNIERS de GUERRE BON POUR 5 FRANCS 5 | 5 |
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| Reverse lettering | Cette monnaie n'est valable qu'à l'intérieur des Dépôts, Camps et Chantiers de Prisonniers de Guerre. Elle ne peut être échangée contre la monnaie légale que par les Caisses des Dépôts de Prisonniers et au profit des personnes dûment accréditées par les Commandants de Dépôts. 5 L'article 139 du Code Pénal punit des Travaux Forcés ceux qui auront contrefait ou falsifié les billets de Banques autorisées par la loi, ainsi que ceux qui auront fait usage de ces billets contrefaits ou falsifiés. |
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The Service des Prisonniers de Guerre was a French government body responsible for administering German and other Axis prisoners held in France after the Liberation. These small-denomination notes were internal camp scrip — issued to POWs as a controlled substitute for francs, preventing direct access to the civilian economy while allowing limited canteen purchases. The system was modeled partly on German Lagergeld practice, turned back on its originators.
France retained significant numbers of German POWs well past the formal end of hostilities, some held into 1948 as de facto labor. These notes circulated within that prolonged detention.