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35 Coupons 10+25 Coupons, 3rd quarter
| Issuer | Uzbekistan |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Reference(s) | P#45 |
| Obverse description | A sheet comprising two ration card sections and a grid of individual coupon perforates, all printed in black on plain white paper. The upper right section carries a 10-coupon card inscribed in Uzbek Cyrillic with blanks for organisation name, surname, head of organisation, and chief accountant, designated for the 3rd quarter; the lower right section repeats the format for 25 coupons. The remaining area consists of rows of small individual coupons denominated 1, 5, and 10, each bearing the inscription ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ and the quarter designation. |
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| Obverse lettering | БЕРИЛГАН ЖОЙГА ҚАЙТАРИЛИШИ ЛОЗИМ ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ 10 КУПОНГА КАРТОЧКА Ташкилот номи __________ Фамилияси __________ Ташкилот раҳбари __________ Бош бухгалтери __________ М. Ў. 3 квартал БЕРИЛГАН ЖОЙГА ҚАЙТАРИЛИШИ ЛОЗИМ ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ 25 КУПОНГА КАРТОЧКА Ташкилот номи __________ Фамилияси __________ Ташкилот раҳбари __________ Бош бухгалтери __________ М. Ў. 3 квартал (Translation: The card of the Republic of Uzbekistan 10 coupons must be returned to the place of issue, Name of organisation/Last name/Head of the organization/Chief Accountant, 3rd quarter, The card of the Republic of Uzbekistan 25 coupons must be returned to the place of issue, Name of organisation/Last name/Head of the organization/Chief Accountant, 3rd quarter) |
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Uzbekistan's coupon system was a stop-gap arrangement introduced after independence to manage the transition away from Soviet ruble dependency before a proper national currency could be established. These quarterly coupon booklets were distributed to citizens for use alongside — and eventually instead of — rubles, rationing purchasing power as much as facilitating it.
The 3rd quarter 1993 dating is significant: the Uzbekistani som replaced the coupon system entirely in July 1994, meaning this issue was among the last quarters to see genuine use before the whole apparatus was abandoned. Coupon-era material is routinely undervalued by collectors despite the genuine fragility of the paper and the aggressive handling these sheets received in daily retail transactions.