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3 Soʻm
| Issuer | O'zbekiston Davlat Banki (State Bank of Uzbekistan) |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Currency | First soʻm (1993-1994) |
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| Obverse description | The state emblem of Uzbekistan, rendered in green intaglio, occupies the left half of the note within a circular vignette; the emblem shows a Humo bird against a rising sun, framed by wheat sheaves and cotton bolls with a crescent and star above. To the right, the large numeral "3" appears in the centre field above the Cyrillic inscription of the issuing authority and date, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint of horizontal bands in salmon and pale blue. The country name "ЎЗБЕКИСТОН" is printed in bold Cyrillic letterpress across the upper right. |
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| Protection description | Stylized flowers all over the banknote |
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The 1992 Uzbek som series, of which this is part, was issued immediately following independence from the Soviet Union — the notes entering circulation in November 1993, over a year after the date printed on them. Uzbekistan used Russian rubles concurrently until the som series was ready for full rollout, which is why the print date and actual introduction date diverge so noticeably.
The series was short-lived. By 1994, a revalued som replaced it entirely, with the original notes exchanged at par and quickly withdrawn. Surviving circulated examples from this first series are more common than one might expect, since the exchange window was orderly and notes came back in bulk rather than being discarded informally.