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10 Akşa
| Issuer | Tuvan People's Revolutionary Bank (Тыва Садбoj-Үлетпүрүнүң Банкызының) |
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| Year | 1935 |
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| Currency | Akşa (1933-1944) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red and blue on white paper within an ornate guilloche border with a Greek key meander frame. At centre, the denomination ON AKŞA is printed in large bold letterpress type flanked by the numeral 10 on each side, with the issuing authority inscription ТЫВА САДБOJ-ҮЛЕТПҮРҮНҮҢ БАНКЫЗЫНЫҢ БИЛЕДИ above and a circular vignette at top centre bearing the TAR monogram within a decorative cartouche. The date 1935 appears at lower centre, with a manuscript signature above it, and the serial number in the upper right and lower left corners. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in red and pale blue guilloche on white paper, framed by a Greek key meander border matching the obverse. Two large circular guilloche medallions at left and right each carry the numeral 10 with the word AKŞA below and ON above, while a central ornate cartouche contains a multi-line text in the Tuvan language setting out the note's legal tender status. Decorative floral ornaments appear at the top and bottom of the central cartouche. |
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Tuva's 1935 banknote series was issued by a nominally independent state that was, in practice, a Soviet satellite from 1921 onward. The Tuvan People's Republic maintained its own currency partly as a geopolitical performance — the akşa circulated domestically while the USSR exercised effective administrative and economic control. By 1944, the republic was formally annexed into the Soviet Union as the Tuvan Autonomous Oblast, ending the currency's legal existence entirely.
P#13 is among the harder pieces to locate from this series. Tuva's tiny population and remote geography meant print runs were small, and post-annexation redemption or simple discard eliminated much of what survived circulation.