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20 Korona POW Camp; Nezsider
| Issuer | Cs. és K. Polgári Fogolytábor Nezsideren (K.u.K. Internierungslager Nezsider) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Value | 20 Korona |
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| Obverse lettering | CS. és K. POLGÁRI FOGOLYTÁBOR NEZSIDEREN HUSZ KORONA 20 EZEN ÖSSZEG EGY RÉSZÉT KÉPEZI A POLGÁRI FOGLYOK ÁLTAL A TÁBORPARANCSNOKSÁGNÁL ELHELYEZETT LETÉTJÜKNEK NEZSIDER, 1916.JULIUS 1. Táborparancsnok Számvivő főhadnagy CSAKIS A POLGÁRI FOGOLY- TÁBORBAN ÉRVÉNYES. |
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| Reverse lettering | K.u.K. INTERNIERUNGSLAGER in NEZSIDER ZWANZIG KRONEN 20 DIESER BETRAG BILDET EINEN TEIL DES BEIM LAGERKOMMANDO DEPONIERTEN GUTHABENS DER INTERNIERTEN NEZSIDER, 1.JULI 1916. Lagerkommandant Liqu. Rechnungsführer GILTIG NUR INNERHALB DES INTERNIERUNGSLAGERS VIII SERIE MS No 0061 |
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Nezsider — now Neusiedl am See in present-day Austria — housed one of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's civilian internment camps during the First World War, where non-combatant enemy nationals were held under military administration. Camp scrip like this 20 Korona piece was issued to control internal commerce: inmates could receive money from outside but could not spend imperial currency freely, so it was exchanged for camp-specific notes that were worthless beyond the wire.
The issuing authority name appears in both Hungarian and German on documentation from the camp, reflecting the dual administration of the k.u.k. system. Very few pieces from Nezsider survive — camp scrip was typically demonetized and pulped at the war's end.