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5 Lire Aversa; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Campo Concentramento P.G. - Aversa (Italian Prisoner of War Camp, Aversa) |
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| Year | 1942-1943 |
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| Value | 5 Lire (5 ITL) |
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| Obverse description | Plain pink paper with black letterpress text throughout. The heading "Campo concentramento P. G. - Aversa" is printed across the top, with series letter and serial number below to the left and right respectively. The central legend "BUONO PER LIRE CINQUE" is printed in bold. A circular violet official handstamp (Bollo d'Ufficio) appears at lower left, overlapping a manuscript signature of the camp commandant, with the advisory legend printed at the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is unprinted, consisting entirely of plain pink paper stock, showing signs of wear, fold lines, and adhesive tape residue consistent with wartime camp usage. |
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Aversa's prisoner of war camp operated under Italian military administration during the North African and Mediterranean campaigns, and its internal scrip was a practical measure to prevent detainees from accumulating currency usable outside the wire. These locally produced notes — printed on tinted paper rather than security stock — were never intended to outlast the camp itself. Most were destroyed or discarded at liberation.
The survival rate is low precisely because no one thought to preserve them.