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100 Tengas / Ten'gov
| Issuer | Bukhara People's Soviet Republic Treasury |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Tenga (1918-1920) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse repeats the multicolour typographic layout of framed cartouches in red, brown, blue, and black with Arabic-script inscriptions and denomination panels, again centred on the gold crescent and star vignette. Two large oval seals with Arabic text appear to the left and right of the central motif, likely representing official validation stamps. A purple handstamp is visible at the top centre, a security feature applied at the time of issue. |
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| Protection type | Handstamp |
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The Bukharan People's Soviet Republic was a short-lived Soviet satellite state, nominally independent but effectively under Bolshevik control following the 1920 overthrow of the Emir. These 1918 treasury notes predate that political transition — they were issued under the preceding revolutionary government still using the traditional tenge denomination rather than Soviet monetary units, which reflects the ideological awkwardness of the early transition period in Central Asia.
The handstamp security feature was a practical necessity: print infrastructure in Bukhara was rudimentary, and authentication by stamp was the most reliable option available to the treasury at the time.