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1 Shilling Green Point Track Camp
| Issuer | Green Point Track Camp |
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| Year | 1900 |
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| Value | 1 Shilling (1/20) |
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| Obverse description | The Cape Colony coat-of-arms, supported by two lions rampant, is centred at the top of the note. Denomination numerals "1/-" appear in ornamental cartouches at upper left and upper right, with the text "Good For" flanking the arms below. A bold oval panel in the centre carries the inscription "ONE SHILLING STERLING", beneath which a handwritten legend in cursive script states payability on demand to prisoners of war only at the canteen, followed by the manager's signature "C.W. Barnes" and the title "Manager". |
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| Obverse lettering | 1/- GOOD FOR ONE SHILLING STERLING Payable on demand to Prisoners of War only at the canteen Green Point Track C.W. Barnes MANAGER. |
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Green Point Track Camp was one of several prisoner-of-war camps established by British forces in the Cape Colony during the Anglo-Boer War. The camp at Green Point, Cape Town, used the existing athletics track as its perimeter — a practical requisition of civilian infrastructure that became a holding facility almost overnight after the war's outbreak in late 1899. These camp-issued notes were a confined economy: scrip redeemable only within the wire, allowing authorities to control what prisoners could purchase and from whom.
C.W. Barnes signed as camp commandant. The series is scarce; most scrip of this type was either redeemed and destroyed or simply discarded when prisoners were transferred or released.