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100 Won
| Issuer | Soviet Red Army Command (북은군대 사령부) |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Currency | First Won (1947-1959) |
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| Obverse lettering | 붉은군대 사령부 壹佰원 1945년 금전출남의 환용은 정법임 (Translation: Red Army Command, One Hundred Won, Year 1945, The exchange of money is a legal act) |
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| Reverse lettering | 壹佰원 화폐위조자는 전시법령에 처벌함 (Translation: One Hundred Won, Money counterfeiters will be punished by wartime laws and regulations) |
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These notes were issued by the Soviet occupation authorities in northern Korea immediately following Japan's defeat in August 1945, functioning as emergency military currency rather than a civilian banking instrument. The issuing authority — the Soviet Red Army Command — had no prior experience administering a Korean monetary system, and the notes were put into circulation with minimal infrastructure behind them.
The April 1945 print date precedes Japan's surrender by four months, confirming the Soviets had prepared occupation currency before the campaign concluded. That level of advance preparation was characteristic of Soviet military financial planning across multiple theaters in the final stages of the war.