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20 Korona POW Camp; Sopronnyék
| Issuer | Cs. és K. Hadifogoly-Tábor Sopronnyék (K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager Sopronnyék) |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Large numeral '20' set within an elaborate guilloche vignette at top centre, flanked by ornate floral cornerpieces and a decorative interlaced border. The camp name 'CS. és K. HADIFOGOLY-TÁBOR SOPRONNYÉK' appears in bold letterpress above the denomination 'HUSZ KORONA' in large Gothic type. At foot, two manuscript signatures flank the Austro-Hungarian imperial coat of arms with motto ribbon, above a warning line and printer's imprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | CSAKIS A FOGOLYTÁBORBAN ÉRVÉNYES. CS. és K. HADIFOGOLY-TÁBOR SOPRONNYÉK HUSZ KORONA EZ ÖSSZEG EGY RÉSZÉT KÉPEZI A HADIFOGLYOK RÉSZÉRŐL A TÁBORPARANCSNOKSÁGNÁL LETÉTBE HELYEZETT VAGYONNAK. SOPRONNYÉK, 1916. JUNIUS 16. TÁBOR-PARANCSNOK. PÉNZTÁR-BIZOTTSÁGI TAG. A TÁBORI PÉNZEK UTÁNZÁSA HADIBÍRÓSÁGI LAG BÜNTETTETIK "GLOBUS" BUDAPEST |
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Sopronnyék was one of the larger Austro-Hungarian prisoner-of-war camps operating during the First World War, and its internal scrip was a deliberate economic control mechanism — keeping currency circulating within the wire rather than leaking into the local civilian economy. The Globus printing house in Budapest handled a significant share of this camp money work for the k.u.k. military administration, producing notes that were functional rather than elaborate but consistent enough to deter casual forgery by prisoners.
The 20 Korona denomination is among the higher face values issued at Sopronnyék, suggesting it was intended for canteen credit rather than daily small transactions.