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100 Soʻm
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Currency | Second soʻm (1994-date) |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette carries the State Emblem of Uzbekistan set within a circular guilloche cartouche, flanked on either side by stylised Simurgh (mythical bird) figures rendered in intaglio against a deep blue underprint. The left panel is filled with traditional Uzbek ornamental motifs in pink and turquoise incorporating two decorative peacock vignettes within interlaced roundels. The denomination numeral '100' and the spelled value 'ЮЗ СЎМ' appear below the central emblem in large letterpress characters, with the issuing authority legend running along the upper border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by an intaglio vignette of the Peoples' Friendship Palace in Tashkent, rendered in blue-violet tones with a colonnaded forecourt and flanking trees in the foreground. Intricate geometric Islamic-style ornamental bands frame the design at the borders, with the numeral '100' repeated at the upper corners and a guilloche rosette bearing '100' at the lower left. The spelled denomination 'ЮЗ СЎМ' appears in bold letterpress below the architectural vignette, above a smaller anti-counterfeiting legend. |
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Uzbekistan's first domestically printed banknotes — this series among them — appeared after the country had already been using the sum-coupon as a transitional currency since 1993. The switch to a fully sovereign paper currency, printed in Tashkent rather than abroad, was a deliberate move away from the Russian ruble zone, which Uzbekistan formally exited in November 1993. GPO Davlat Belgisi was still a young operation in 1994–95, and the security specification on these early issues was modest: a watermark only, with none of the more sophisticated features introduced in later series.