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1 Pfennig Lichtenhorst; Officer PoW Camp
| Issuer | Offiziergefangenenlager Lichtenhorst |
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| Reference(s) | Camb#3233 |
| Obverse description | Salmon-toned note with a fine diamond guilloche underprint throughout. The camp name "Offiziergefangenenlager Lichtenhorst" appears in bold letterpress across the top, below which the denomination "Gut für 1 Pfennig" is centered in large type. A serial number panel runs vertically at left, with the denomination repeated vertically at right; a block of German text below outlines the voucher's conditions of use. |
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| Reverse lettering | PFENNIG PFENNIG PFENNIG PFENNIG 1 PFENNIG |
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Lichtenhorst was a German officer prisoner-of-war camp during World War I, and like many such facilities, it operated its own internal currency to prevent inmates from accumulating Reichsmarks that could fund escape attempts. These camp pfennig notes were produced in minimal quantities, used within a closed population of perhaps a few hundred officers, and had no value the moment the armistice rendered the camp itself obsolete.
Survival rates are low precisely because no one had reason to preserve them — they were functionally worthless the day the war ended.