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10 000 Tengov Bukhara Soviet Peoples Republic
| Issuer | Bukhara Soviet People's Republic |
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| Year | 1920-1921 |
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| Value | 10 000 Tengov (10 000) |
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| Obverse description | The main field is occupied by a large lobed central medallion with a fine guilloche underprint in blue and red, enclosing an oval cartouche with Arabic-script text in black. A small circular vignette with a palm-branch motif appears at the top centre. Denomination panels reading '10000' appear at lower left and lower right within ornamental cartouches, with a Cyrillic denomination legend '10000 ТЕНГОВЪ' along the lower margin. A detachable coupon on the right carries teal-printed Arabic numerals and ornamental framework. The outer border consists of a repeating red geometric pattern. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown, yellow, and blue on plain paper, with an overall fine geometric guilloche underprint covering the entire field within a Greek-key outer border. Two large lobed yellow cartouches at centre carry black Arabic-script text blocks, with a further blue lobed vignette at the upper centre containing additional Arabic inscription. Two small circular medallions with Arabic text appear in the upper corners. Handwritten serial numbers in blue ink appear at lower left and lower right. |
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The Bukhara Soviet People's Republic was proclaimed in September 1920 following the Red Army's violent overthrow of the Emirate of Bukhara — the emir fled to Afghanistan, and the new state immediately needed its own currency. These notes were printed locally under extremely primitive conditions, which is why the typography is often uneven and ink coverage inconsistent across the series. The BSNR itself was a nominally independent Soviet satellite that lasted only until 1924, when it was dissolved and absorbed into the Uzbek and Tajik SSRs.
Local printing meant no access to security paper, engraved plates, or watermarking. The 10,000 tengov denomination reflects the severe inflation already gripping the region, with the tenge itself a unit of deeply uncertain value given the near-total collapse of commercial life following the 1920 revolution.