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100 Won
| Issuer | Soviet Red Army Command (북은군대 사령부) |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Value | 100 Won |
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| Obverse description | Pink note printed on white paper with an elaborate scrollwork and foliate guilloche border filling the entire face. The Chinese-Korean denomination 壹佰원 (One Hundred Won) is printed in large characters at the centre, with the year 1945년 below. The issuing authority inscription 붉은군대 사령부 (Red Army Command) appears in a panel at the top, while two matching serial numbers flank the central vignette in the upper field; numerals 100 occupy each of the four corners. |
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| Variants | P#4a - with watermark P#4b - without watermark |
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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.