Catalog
300 Tengas Treasury
| Issuer | Emirate of Bukhara |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Reference(s) | P#13 |
| Obverse description | The central vignette is a crescent and star within an arched frame, surrounded by a grid of rectangular panels bearing Arabic script, the Hijri date 1337, and the denomination 300 in both Arabic-Eastern and Western numerals. Cyrillic inscriptions reading ТРИСТА ТЕНГОВЪ appear in the lower panels alongside repeating Arabic legends. The overall layout is typeset in a letterpress style with a dotted border framing the entire design. |
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| Reverse lettering | ۳۰۰ ۱۳۳۷ 300 ТРИСТА ТЕНГОВЪ (Translation: 300, 1337 [AH], Three Hundred Tengov) |
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Bukhara's tenga-denominated issues of 1919 were produced under the Manghit dynasty's last emir, Alim Khan, who was attempting to maintain financial authority over a region already destabilized by Bolshevik pressure from the north. The emirate fell to Red Army forces in September 1920, making this entire series a product of the final months of an independent Bukharan state.
The 300 tenga value is one of the higher denominations in the P#13 series, reflecting the inflationary pressures of the period rather than any deliberate monetary planning. Printing quality across Bukharan issues of this era was inconsistent — local production facilities were rudimentary, and paper stock varied considerably within the same series.