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100 Yuan Soviet Red Army
| Issuer | Soviet Red Army (Military Authority) |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Size | 166 × 94 mm |
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| Obverse description | Blue on pink underprint, with an elaborate guilloche border enclosing the central field. Denomination numerals '100' in black appear at left and right margins, flanking black serial numbers printed across the face. The Chinese date inscription '一九四五年' (1945) is set within the central area, recording the note's year of issue. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Issued by Soviet military authorities during the occupation of Manchuria and northern China in August–September 1945, these notes were printed in the USSR and released into local circulation alongside existing Manchukuo and Japanese military currency — none of which Soviet forces were obligated to redeem. The practical effect was inflationary: Soviet troops used the notes to purchase goods, the notes multiplied in circulation, and local populations absorbed the cost.
The series is sometimes grouped with other Allied Military Currency of the period, but unlike the AMC issued in Germany or Japan under American authority, these notes carried no formal backing arrangement and no redemption guarantee from any subsequent Chinese authority.