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20 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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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central crescent and star vignette printed in yellow, set within a plain white field surrounded by a dense guilloche border in red with a meander pattern. Two rectangular panels with Arabic script flank the central motif on the left and right, while further Arabic inscriptions appear in the lower register. Small denomination cartouches bearing Arabic numerals are set into the lower corners, and additional overprint stamps in green appear at the bottom left and right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries the same yellow crescent and star as the central device, enclosed within arabesque side panels bearing Arabic script text. The denomination numeral '20' appears in teal-bordered cartouches at the outer left and right edges, with '25' numerals in orange-bordered cartouches adjacent to the central panel. A rectangular text block in Arabic script occupies the lower centre, and the overall border repeats the red meander guilloche pattern seen on the obverse. |
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The Bukhara People's Soviet Republic did not actually exist in 1918 — the Emirate of Bukhara was not overthrown until the Red Army assault of September 1920. This note predates that event and was issued under an earlier Soviet-aligned transitional authority, part of the chaotic monetary experimentation that followed the Russian Revolution's spread into Central Asia. The region was flooded with competing currencies from Tashkent, local khanates, and various revolutionary committees, none of which commanded broad public trust.
The tenga was the traditional unit of account in Bukhara, and its retention on this issue was a deliberate concession to local commercial habit.