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50 Centimes - 62° compagnie
| Issuer | 62e Compagnie de Prisonniers de Guerre |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on blue paper, the note is framed by a simple double-rule rectangular border. The heading PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE appears across the top, separated from the unit designation 62e Compagnie by a short ornamental dash rule. The denomination 0 Fr. 50 is set in large bold letterpress type at centre, below which the redemption clause and the authority line of the Company Commander are printed in a smaller italic hand. |
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| Obverse lettering | PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE --------⸰-------- 62° Compagnie --------⸰-------- 0 Fr. 50 Bon payable au Bureau de la Compagnie Le Commandant de la 62e Compagnie : |
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Prisoner-of-war camp scrip from the First World War occupies a strange corner of French notaphily — issued not by a bank or municipality but by the administrative structure of the camp itself, denominated in fractional values because metal coinage was withheld from prisoners as a matter of policy. The 62e Compagnie de Prisonniers de Guerre was one of many such units established to manage German POWs held on French soil, and its scrip functioned as a closed monetary system: accepted only within the camp's canteen or labor payment structure, worthless beyond the wire.
Blue paper was a common but not universal choice for these issues — some compagnies used different colors by denomination, a rudimentary anti-counterfeiting measure within an already captive population.