Catalog
10 Soʻm
| Issuer | Central Bank of Uzbekistan |
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| Year | 1997-2000 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | At centre, the national coat of arms of the Republic of Uzbekistan, featuring a rising sun over a mountainous landscape with a river, flanked by two cotton branches on the left and wheat stalks on the right, tied at the base. An arc of twelve five-pointed stars frames the upper portion of the arms, symbolising the twelve provinces of the republic. The circular legend ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ runs along the upper periphery in Cyrillic script. |
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| Obverse lettering | ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ (Translation: Republic of Uzbekistan) |
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Uzbekistan's som was introduced in November 1993, replacing the Russian ruble as the country sought monetary independence following the Soviet collapse. The nickel-clad steel composition of this series reflects the economic constraints of the late 1990s, when Uzbekistan operated under strict currency controls that the IMF repeatedly criticized — the official exchange rate was kept artificially strong while a black market rate diverged dramatically, sometimes by a factor of three or more.