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1 Rouble Y.M.C.A. Canteen
| Issuer | Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) |
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| Year | 1917-1922 |
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| Value | 1 Rouble |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 X C M L 1 Canteen Checks ONE ROUBLE Good only when presented at Y. M. C. A. canteen by allied soldier or sail or in uniform |
| Reverse description | Plain cream paper, largely unprinted. A partial circular violet handstamp appears towards the lower right, with faint handwritten notations at left. |
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The Y.M.C.A. operated canteen scrip across multiple theatres during and immediately after the First World War, issuing small-denomination tokens and paper chits to Allied troops and, critically, to prisoners of war. This 1 Rouble piece belongs to the Russian-front or POW camp series — the rouble denomination placing it squarely in the eastern European zone of Y.M.C.A. relief activity, where the organization ran canteens in camps holding both Russian and Central Powers prisoners during a period when official currency was collapsing or entirely absent.
The date range spans the Russian Revolution and Civil War, which is itself the explanation for why scrip denominated in roubles was still being issued well into 1922 — official currency had become nearly worthless and Y.M.C.A. chits provided a functional alternative within the closed economy of a relief canteen.