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3 Akşa
| Issuer | Tuvan State Bank (Tıva Sadбoj-Yletpyrnym Bankızının) |
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| Year | 1935 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green on multicolour underprint with guilloche patterning throughout. The centre carries the large numeral '3' flanked by the inscription 'УШ АКША' in bold letterpress, with the issuing authority legend 'ТЬВА АРАТ РЕСПУБЛИК' and 'ТЬВА САДБOJ-YЛЕТPУРНЫМ БАНКЗЫНЫҢ БИЛЕДИ' above. A circular TAR emblem vignette appears at upper centre, serial number 'BC 000000' is printed at upper right and lower left, with the date '1935' at bottom centre and a manuscript signature across the lower middle field. |
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| Reverse description | Green on multicolour guilloche underprint. Two large circular medallions, each containing the numeral '3' within intricate lathe-work, are positioned at left and right, with 'УШ' above and 'АКША' below each respectively. A central ornate cartouche encloses a block of Tuvan-script text setting out the legal tender clause of the Tuvan State Bank. The border consists of a repeating Greek-key fret pattern in green. |
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Tuva — the landlocked proto-state wedged between Soviet Siberia and Outer Mongolia — issued its own currency throughout the 1930s despite being a Soviet satellite in every practical sense. The Tuvan People's Republic maintained nominal independence until 1944, when it was formally absorbed into the USSR as the Tuvan Autonomous Oblast. This note dates from the middle of that uneasy interval, when Moscow effectively controlled foreign and military policy but allowed local institutions to persist as window dressing.
The akşa series of 1935 is among the rarest of all Asian Soviet-era issues. Print runs were small, the population they served numbered only in the tens of thousands, and few notes survived the absorption into the Soviet monetary system nine years later.