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100 Coupons 1st quarter
| Issuer | Uzbekistan |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A full sheet of individual ration coupons printed in magenta on white paper, arranged in horizontal rows by denomination — values of 1, 1, 3, 3, 5, and 10 coupons — each cell bearing Cyrillic text and a guilloche underprint. The central panel carries the large bold inscription «ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ / 100 / КУПОНГА КАРТОЧКА» with ruled lines for the organization name, surname, head of organization, and chief accountant, and bears a circular official stamp at center. The lower-left area is inscribed «1 квартал» designating validity for the first quarter. |
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| Obverse lettering | ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ 100 КУПОНГА КАРТОЧКА Ташкилот номи __________ Фамилияси __________ Ташкилот раҳбари __________ Бош бухгалтери __________ М. Ў. 1 квартал (Translation: The card of the Republic of Uzbekistan 100 coupons must be returned to the place of issue, Name of organisation/Last name/Head of the organization/Chief Accountant, 1st quarter) |
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Uzbekistan's early 1990s coupon series was a stopgap measure during the painful divorce from the Soviet ruble zone. These notes — officially "coupons" rather than sum — were introduced as a parallel currency to manage goods shortages while the permanent national currency was still being designed and printed. The 1993 quarterly coupons had an intentionally short validity window, tied to calendar quarters, which in practice created enormous logistical confusion at the retail level.
Printed domestically under constrained conditions, the series is notorious for inconsistent paper quality across surviving examples.