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3.000 Tengas / Ten'gov
| Issuer | Bukhara People's Soviet Republic Treasury |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red, green, and yellow on white paper, with an overall fine guilloche lattice pattern forming the background. A central cartouche in green carries the principal Arabic-script inscription, flanked by crescent-and-star devices to the right and a teardrop vignette to the left. Denomination numerals appear in the lower corners within ornate floral frames, and a serial number is printed in black along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a dense red diaper-pattern background framed by a green and cream geometric border. A central green cartouche bears the issuing authority inscription in Arabic script, with two additional cartouches in green placed symmetrically to the lower left and lower right. A crescent-and-star device appears in the upper right corner, and a small seal impression is centered at the bottom. |
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The Bukharan People's Soviet Republic was a short-lived Soviet client state proclaimed in 1920 after the Red Army overthrew the Emirate of Bukhara — but this note predates that transition entirely, placing it in the chaotic interregnum when the old emirate's financial infrastructure was collapsing and local Soviet organs were improvising currency as fast as they could print it. The tengas denomination itself was inherited directly from the emirate's monetary system, which the new administration had no immediate means to replace.
P#9 is among the earlier issues in the Bukharan Soviet paper money sequence, produced under conditions where printing quality and supply control were both severely compromised.