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2000 Tengas Treasury
| Issuer | Emirate of Bukhara |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 2000 Tengov |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a dense guilloche underprint of radiating wave patterns centered on a crescent and star device serving as the Emirate of Bukhara's emblem. Arabic script inscriptions occupy upper and lower decorative cartouches, with the hijri year ۱۳۳۷ presented within a central panel alongside the denomination numeral. A fine arabesque border frames the entire composition. |
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| Obverse lettering | ۱۳۳۷ ۲۰۰۰ (Translation: 1337 [AH], 2000) |
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The Emirate of Bukhara issued paper currency only under severe duress. The emir's treasury had relied on silver tangas for centuries, and paper money was viewed with deep suspicion by the local population. By 1919, the emirate was caught between Bolshevik pressure from the north and internal instability — these notes were a fiscal stopgap, not a functioning monetary system.
The Bukharan People's Soviet Republic declared in September 1920 rendered the entire emission worthless almost immediately after issue, which explains why surviving examples in any condition are genuinely uncommon rather than merely scarce on paper.