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50 Kopecks Special Corps of Northern Army under General Rodzianko
| Issuer | Special Corps of the Northern Army (under General Rodzianko) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Plain light green reverse with a small central vignette of the Imperial double-headed eagle printed in green at the top, above a central text panel framed by a simple rectangular border. Cyrillic text within the panel states the note's validity and issuing authority, set against a lightly patterned background. |
| Reverse lettering | ИМѢЕТЪ ХОЖДЕНІЕ НА РАВНѢ СЪ РОЗМ. МѢННОЙ МОНЕТОЙ |
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The Special Corps of the Northern Army was one of several White force commands operating in the northwestern theatre against Bolshevik forces in 1919, distinct from Yudenich's Northwestern Army despite operating in overlapping territory around the same period. General Alexander Rodzianko — son of the Duma president Mikhail Rodzianko — commanded this corps during its push toward Petrograd. The proliferation of small-denomination emergency notes by competing White commands created immediate trust problems; local populations had no reliable way to assess redemption prospects, and most such scrip was treated as near-worthless within weeks of issue.