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10 Lei Red Army Command
| Issuer | Comandamentul Armatei Rosii (Red Army Command) |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 10 Lei |
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| Reverse description | Brown on pale yellow underprint. The reverse is dominated by a central ornate cartouche enclosing the denomination 'ZECE LEI' in large letters, surrounded by intricate guilloche scrollwork. The issuing authority 'Comandamentul Armatei Rosii' is inscribed across the top, with the numeral '10' repeated in four decorative rosette medallions at each corner. The date 1944 appears at the base of the central vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | COMANDAMENTUL ARMATEI ROSII 10 10 10 ZECE LEI 1944 10 10 |
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Soviet military occupation currency, issued in Romania following the August 1944 armistice. Goznak printed the entire Romanian occupation series in Moscow before the Red Army even crossed the Prut — the notes arrived with the troops, a logistical detail that tells you something about how thoroughly the Soviets planned the political as well as military dimensions of the campaign.
The issuing authority named on the note never functioned as a bank in any conventional sense. It existed solely to extract Romanian economic resources through currency — occupation lei could be spent freely, but Romanian authorities were given no equivalent hard currency in return.