100 Tengas Treasury

The Emirate of Bukhara's paper currency issues of 1919 were produced under acute political pressure — the Bolshevik forces that would end the emirate entirely were already active in the region, and Emir Alim Khan's government was essentially issuing notes against a collapsing fiscal and territorial base. The 100 Tengas was part of a series of Treasury notes that substituted for metallic coinage that had long since vanished from circulation.

Bukhara fell to the Red Army in September 1920, and the emirate was formally abolished. Notes from this 1919 emission had an active life measured in months.