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10 Korona POW Camp; Sopronnyék
| Issuer | Cs. és K. Hadifogoly-Tábor Sopronnyék (K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager Sopronnyék) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Currency | Austro-Hungarian Krone (1892-1918) |
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| Obverse description | Orange and dark green typographic voucher with ornate guilloche border. Large numeral '10' at top centre over three rosette vignettes; central text in Hungarian reads 'CS. és K. HADIFOGOLY-TÁBOR SOPRONNYÉK' above large bold 'TIZ KORONA'. Two Austro-Hungarian coat-of-arms flank manuscript signatures at base; dated 'SOPRONNYÉK, 1916. JUNIUS 16.' |
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| Reverse lettering | GILTIG NUR INNERHALB DES KRIEGSGEFANGENENLAGERS SERIE No K.u.K. KRIEGSGEFANGENENLAGER SOPRONNYÉK ZEHN KRONEN DIESER BETRAG IST EIN ANTEIL DES BEIM LAGERKOMMANDO ERLIEGENDEN GUTHABENS DER KRIEGSGEFANGENEN. SOPRONNYÉK, 16. JUNI 1916. LAGER-KOMMANDANT. KASSAKOMM. MITGLIED. INDIVISIBILIBER INSEPARABILITER DIE NACHMACHUNG DER LAGERGELDER WIRD KRIEGSGESETZLICH BESTRAFT. "GLOBUS" BUDAPEST. |
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Sopronnyék was one of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's larger prisoner-of-war camp complexes, holding mainly Russian and Italian prisoners during the First World War. Camp scrip like this 10 Korona piece was issued to prevent prisoners from accumulating Austro-Hungarian legal tender — a standard policy across K.u.K. camps designed to limit escape resources and control the internal camp economy.
Globus was a well-established Budapest commercial printer, not a security printing house, which is exactly what you'd expect for a camp currency meant to circulate within a single perimeter fence and be worthless the moment a prisoner crossed it.