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4 Annas Bhopal; PoW Camps
| Issuer | Bhopal Prisoners of War Camp |
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| Year | 1941-1945 |
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| Value | 4 Annas (¼) |
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| Obverse description | Blue guilloche underprint with fine lathe-work border and central rosette medallion. "PRISONERS OF WAR" arcs across the upper field in white letterpress; "FOUR ANNAS" overprinted in dark blue across the centre, with "BHOPAL CAMP" below. Denomination cartouches "As.4" appear at left and right; a vertical bar element is visible at the left margin. |
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| Reverse description | Blank, unprinted reverse on plain paper. |
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Bhopal state hosted a prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War, and these fractional notes — denominated in annas rather than rupees — were issued specifically for internal camp use, functioning as a controlled scrip economy that prevented prisoners from accumulating currency usable outside the wire. The anna denominations are among the smallest-value PoW issues recorded from the Indian subcontinent, and the Bhopal series is notably scarcer than equivalent camp currency from larger detention facilities such as those at Dehra Dun or Yol.
Surviving examples frequently show heavy handling consistent with high-frequency small transactions — tea, tobacco, basic sundries.