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50 Kopecks Special Corps of Northern Army under General Rodzianko
| Issuer | Special Corps of Northern Army (General Rodzianko) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Uniface issue printed in light green on plain paper. The design incorporates the arms or eagle emblem of the corps, serving as the sole decorative and identifying element of this emergency military currency. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface note; reverse is blank, printed on one side only. |
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The Special Corps of the Northern Army was one of several White Russian formations operating along the Estonian-Latvian frontier in 1919, and its paper issues reflect the chronic logistical chaos of that campaign. Rodzianko's corps lacked a stable rear area, a functioning treasury, or consistent supply lines — the scrip it issued was essentially a promise backed by military authority alone, and a shaky one at that.
Pick S217 belongs to a cluttered field of North-West Russian emergency emissions from this period, many of which overlapped in circulation, were mutually distrusted by local populations, and became worthless within months once the White offensive collapsed in late 1919.