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25 Soʻm
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents the State Emblem of Uzbekistan set within a circular guilloche medallion against a deep blue arabesque underprint of interlacing floral and geometric national ornaments. The large ornate numeral '25' appears below the emblem, followed by the denomination legend in Cyrillic script, with a further band of national ornamentation along the lower edge. The left panel carries a distinct salmon-pink geometric latticework guilloche pattern, while the right panel bears the year '1994' in orange and a secondary denomination numeral within a rosette, flanked by the serial number printed in black. |
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| Obverse lettering | ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ МАРКАЗИЙ БАНКИ 25 ЙИГИРМА БЕШ СЎМ ЎЗБЕКИСТОН СЎМИ РЕСПУБЛИКА ҲУДУДИДА ХАММА ТЎЛОВАР УЧУН ЎЗ ҚИЙМАТИ БЎЙИЧА ҚАБУЛ ҚИЛИНИШИ ШАРТ (Translation: Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Twenty Five So'm, The Uzbek so'm must be accepted at face value for all payments in the republic) |
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Uzbekistan's first domestically printed banknotes came from GPO Davlat Belgisi, a state security printing facility established in Tashkent specifically to free the country from dependence on foreign printers — a deliberate policy choice following independence in 1991. The 1994 series, of which this is part, replaced the transitional Russian ruble-based coupons that had circulated since 1993. Getting to domestic production that quickly was not straightforward; most post-Soviet republics continued relying on overseas contractors well into the late 1990s.
The watermark remains the sole security feature — sparse by contemporary standards, but consistent across the lower denominations of this series.