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25 Akşa
| Issuer | Tuvan People's Republic State Bank |
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| Year | 1940 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a matching reddish-brown tone, dominated by dense symmetric guilloche ornamental panels surrounding a central rectangular text block containing a Tuvan-language legal tender declaration and the date 1940. The denomination numeral 25 appears in large figures at each corner, and the lower margin carries the value inscription ЦЕЕРБЕI ПЕШ АКША in bold lettering. |
| Reverse lettering | Banksnn̈ biledi polza, aldan, erttektiŋ metaldar, Тыва sadбоi-үлетдүрүнүн bankzının eske pajlaktars-pile рydyn xemceeлdiŋ xandərttənnar 1940 ЦЕЕРБЕI ПЕШ АКША 25 |
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The Tuvan People's Republic occupied an awkward political position throughout its existence — nominally independent but functioning as a Soviet satellite, its banking infrastructure closely mirrored USSR models. This 1940 issue came just one year before Tuva formally voted to join the Soviet Union in 1944, making the entire 1940 series among the last currency ever produced for the republic.
Tuvan notes from this period are genuinely scarce. The population was small, the monetary economy limited, and surviving examples in any condition are underrepresented in most collections.