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350 Coupons 200+150 Coupons, 2nd quarter
| Issuer | Uzbekistan |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 350 Coupons |
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| Obverse description | A sheet printed in pink/magenta letterpress comprising two ration card booklets — a 200-coupon card (upper right) and a 150-coupon card (lower right) — each bearing Cyrillic/Uzbek text, handwritten blanks for organisation name, surname, head of organisation and chief accountant, dated 2nd quarter 1993, with an official circular stamp applied to each. The remainder of the sheet consists of a grid of individual detachable coupons in denominations of 5, 10, 50 and 100, each inscribed ҚУПОНИ and ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ with quarter designation. |
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| Obverse lettering | БЕРИЛГАН ЖОЙГА ҚАЙТАРИЛИШИ ЛОЗИМ ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ 200 КУПОНГА КАРТОЧКА Ташкилот номи __________ Фамилияси __________ Ташкилот раҳбари __________ Бош бухгалтери __________ 2 квартал 1993 г БЕРИЛГАН ЖОЙГА ҚАЙТАРИЛИШИ ЛОЗИМ ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ 150 КУПОНГА КАРТОЧКА Ташкилот номи __________ Фамилияси __________ Ташкилот раҳбари __________ Бош бухгалтери __________ М. Ў. 2 квартал 1993 г (Translation: The card of the Republic of Uzbekistan 200 coupons must be returned to the place of issue, Name of organisation/Last name/Head of the organization/Chief Accountant, 2nd quarter year 1993, The card of the Republic of Uzbekistan 150 coupons must be returned to the place of issue, Name of organisation/Last name/Head of the organization/Chief Accountant, 2nd quarter year 1993) |
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In early 1993, Uzbekistan was still using Russian rubles as its primary currency following independence, but the collapse of the Soviet ruble zone forced a rapid series of improvisations. Coupon books like this one were issued as transitional spending instruments — not quite banknotes, not quite ration coupons — designed to restrict the outflow of goods to neighboring republics while a permanent currency was prepared.
The combined 200+150 format reflects practical printing constraints rather than any monetary logic. The sum 350 had no special denominational significance; it was simply what two separate coupon sheets added up to when bound together for quarterly distribution.