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1000 Coupons 1st quarter
| Issuer | Republic of Uzbekistan |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | Som (1994-date) |
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| Obverse description | A coupon card sheet printed in red on plain paper, composed of multiple individual detachable ration coupons of denominations 5, 10, 100, and 500, arranged in a grid pattern with guilloche underprint on each coupon. A central panel bears the inscription identifying this as a 1,000-coupon card of the Republic of Uzbekistan, framed within a guilloche border. The card is intended for institutional use, with blank fields for the organisation name, holder's surname, head of organisation, and chief accountant. |
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| Obverse lettering | БЕРИЛГАН ЖОЙГА ҚАЙТАРИЛИШИ ЛОЗИМ ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ 1000 КУПОНГА КАРТОЧКА Ташкилот номи __________ Фамилияси __________ Ташкилот раҳбари __________ Бош бухгалтери __________ М. Ў. 1 квартал 1993 г (Translation: The card of the Republic of Uzbekistan 1,000 coupons must be returned to the place of issue, Name of organisation / Last name / Head of the organization / Chief Accountant, 1st quarter year 1993) |
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Uzbekistan's coupon issues of 1992–1993 were emergency instruments, introduced hastily as the country transitioned away from Soviet ruble dependence before a proper national currency could be established. These coupons circulated alongside, and then in place of, rubles during a period of severe monetary instability and were never intended as permanent legal tender.
The "1st quarter" designation marks this as valid only within a specific three-month window — a rationing mechanism designed to prevent hoarding and control inflationary pressure on goods still subject to price controls. Few survived outside circulation simply because they were treated as disposable tokens rather than banknotes worth keeping.