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1 Rouble Canadian YMCA Siberia
| Issuer | Canadian Y.M.C.A. Siberia |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 1 Rouble |
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| Obverse lettering | GOOD FOR ONE ROUBLE 1 IN CASH OR STOCK AT ANY BRANCH OF THE CANADIAN Y.M.C.A. (SIBERIA) |
| Reverse description | Black letterpress print on plain cream paper within a single-rule border frame. A bold diagonal overprint 'NOT FOR CIVILIAN USE' bisects the field. The issuer name, denomination numeral '1', and 'РУБ' appear twice in mirrored layout across the upper-left and lower-right quadrants. |
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Issued by the Canadian YMCA contingent operating in Siberia during the Allied intervention of 1918–1920, these tiny scrip notes were produced as a canteen currency for Canadian troops supporting the anti-Bolshevik White forces. The YMCA ran canteens, rest huts, and supply operations across the intervention zone, and scrip like this kept transactions manageable without relying on the catastrophically inflated local ruble.
At 35 × 22 mm, this is among the smallest pieces of military scrip on record — closer in size to a postage stamp than a banknote. Survivors are genuinely rare; most were redeemed or simply discarded when Canadian forces withdrew in 1919.