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| Issuer | Special Corps of the Northern Army (Отдельный Корпус Северной Армии) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 10 Roubles |
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| Obverse lettering | ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ РАЗМЕНЫЙ ЗНАКЪ Временно выпускается Отдельным Корпусом Северной Армии 1919г. |
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| Reverse lettering | ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ Выпущенные разменные знаки обеспечены в полной сумме кредитными билетами, хранящимися в Главном Казначействе Отдельного Корпуса Северной Армии Командир Корпуса Генерал Майора Начальник Снабжений Полковник Разменные знаки подлежат свободному обмену в Казначействе по предъявлении. Подделка злаковая карается по законам военного времени. |
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The Special Corps of the Northern Army was a White Army formation operating in the northwestern theater against Bolshevik forces during 1919, and its currency was a necessity of war rather than any functioning monetary system. General Aleksandr Rodzianko commanded the corps during its push toward Petrograd that spring and summer — the same offensive that came within striking distance of the city before collapsing entirely by autumn.
These notes circulated in a corridor of contested territory around the Pskov and Narva regions, accepted under military compulsion more than public confidence. The issuer ceased to exist as a coherent military force before the year was out, which makes survival in any condition a function of luck rather than careful preservation.