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5 Pfennigs Shamrock PoW Camp
| Uitgever | Bergwerksgesellschaft Hibernia, Herne (Shamrock Prisoner of War Camp) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1914-1918 |
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| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Papiermark (1914-1923) |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| 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 |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Black letterpress on buff paper within a decorative foliate border. The issuer name 'Bergwerksgesellschaft Hibernia, Herne.' is printed in the upper portion, separated by a short rule from 'GEFANGENEN-LAGER SHAMROCK.' in bold capitals below. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | 5 Pfennige |
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The Hibernia mining company in Herne operated one of several industrial prisoner-of-war camps that put Allied captives to work in German coal extraction during the First World War. Camp scrip of this type was not issued by any state authority — it was produced directly by the company to control purchasing within the camp canteen and prevent German currency from circulating among prisoners. The Shamrock colliery, named after its Irish-owned origins in the 1850s, gave the camp its designation.
Corporate-issued PoW notgeld is among the least systematically documented of all German emergency money categories. Many pieces survived only because prisoners carried them home as souvenirs after 1918.