1 Mark, Prisoner-of-War Camp Money, 1917

This copy

Accession

OM-00207

Series year

1917

Actually issued

1917

Signatures

This issue carries no bank manager or cashier signature.

Grade

G (IBNS)

Split along the centre fold and repaired; heavy wear. Estimated from the archival scan. Folds, soiling and edge condition are visible at this resolution; paper crispness, pinholes, small repairs and pressing are not.

Estimated value

$4 indicative

Category benchmark scaled for grade — an order of magnitude, not an appraisal. Priced 2026-09-07.

Dimensions

100.2 × 59.6 mm (±0.6, from the scan)

Themes

First World WarCamp moneyClosed currency

The type

Type

1 Mark, Prisoner-of-War Camp Money, 1917

Printer

Not established

Rarity

common

Inscriptions

Obverse — camp scrip

Kriegsgefangenen-Lagergeld. IX. Armeekorps.

Prisoner-of-war camp money, IX Army Corps — spendable only in the camp canteen

Symbology

Plain geometric border

No heraldry, no allegory, no promise. Camp scrip needed only to be recognisable inside one perimeter.

What was happening

Camp money from a German prisoner-of-war camp of the First World War, issued by the IX Army Corps administration. Prisoners were paid for work in scrip that could only be spent in the camp canteen — a closed monetary system, designed so that no real currency reached a prisoner's hands and none left the camp.

This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 1 Mark, Prisoner-of-War Camp Money, 1917 in the collection.