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1000 Lei Red Army Command
| Issuer | Comandamentul Armatei Rosii (Red Army Command) |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Reference(s) | P#M15 |
| Obverse description | Printed entirely in red on white paper, the obverse is dominated by a central guilloche vignette bearing the large denomination text 'UNA MIE LEI' in bold letterpress. The issuing authority 'COMANDAMENTUL ARMATEI ROSII' is inscribed in a banner at the top, with the year '1944' at the foot of the central design. Serial numbers appear flanking the central vignette, and obligatory acceptance and anti-counterfeiting legends are printed in two columns at the lower left and right margins. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red on white paper, the reverse carries a central architectural vignette within an ornate guilloche framework, flanked by two decorative rosette medallions at left and right. The denomination '1000' appears in all four corners, with 'COMANDAMENTUL ARMATEI ROSII' arching across the top and the large bold legend 'UNA MIE LEI' set across the lower portion of the note. The overall composition is typical of Soviet-era military currency printed by Goznak. |
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Issued under Soviet military authority during the Red Army's occupation of Romania in 1944, this note was part of a series of occupation currency printed in Moscow specifically to pay Soviet troops and facilitate procurement without drawing on local Romanian lei reserves — a deliberate mechanism to extract resources while insulating the occupying force from local monetary conditions. The Romanian public was obliged to accept it at face value, though the National Bank of Romania had no role in its issue and no obligation to back it.
Goznak produced the series to its usual exacting standard, which made counterfeiting difficult but did nothing to address the inflationary pressure these notes generated in the Romanian economy.