Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Yuan Soviet Red Army
| Issuer | Soviet Red Army Command (Manchuria) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | 1948 |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red on a pale lilac underprint, the reverse presents a large central rectangular panel bearing the denomination characters 拾圓 enclosed within an elaborate scalloped guilloche border, flanked on either side by highly stylised dragon-head vignettes rendered in fine lathe-work lines. The four corners carry numeral 10 counters within plain rectangular frames, and a fine horizontal guilloche band runs across the top of the note; a lower panel inscription 蘇維埃時法處以戰時票造支 (issued as wartime military currency under Soviet authority) is printed in white on a red ground across the foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | 拾 圓 10 10 10 10 蘇維埃時法處以戰時票造支 |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Issued by Soviet occupation forces following the August 1945 offensive against Japanese-held Manchuria, these military yuan notes were introduced alongside similar denominations to pay troops and purchase local goods — effectively forcing Chinese and Manchurian merchants to accept Soviet-backed scrip with no redemption guarantee. The notes circulated under Soviet military administration during the brief but economically disruptive occupation period before Nationalist and Communist forces competed for control of the region.
The issuing authority is sometimes catalogued as the Soviet Field Command rather than a formal banking institution, which is accurate — no central bank stood behind these notes. Printed in the USSR, the series has long attracted scrutiny over whether Soviet authorities deliberately flooded Manchuria with unbacked currency to extract material wealth before withdrawal.