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5.000 Tengas / Ten'gov
| Issuer | Bukhara People's Soviet Republic Treasury |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Tenga (1918-1920) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a central crescent and star motif in gold-yellow ink, flanked by two large heart-shaped cartouches bearing dense Arabic calligraphic text. The denomination 5000 is repeated in green typeset panels at the lower left and lower right, with Cyrillic panels in blue and red confirming the value in Russian. A geometric guilloche border frames the entire composition, with additional Arabic inscriptions in rectangular panels along the upper register. |
| Reverse lettering | ПЯТЬ ТЫСЯЧИ ТЕНГОВЪ 5000 ۵۰۰۰ |
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The Bukhara People's Soviet Republic did not actually come into existence until 1920, following the Red Army's assault on the Emirate of Bukhara in September of that year. Notes bearing a 1918 date and attributed to the BPSR Treasury reflect catalog convention rather than strict historical sequence — the early emissions from this region are notoriously difficult to date and attribute with precision, and Pick numbering here papers over genuine uncertainty.
Bukhara's monetary tradition was deeply rooted in the tanga, a silver unit with centuries of Central Asian history behind it. Issuing paper denominated in tengas was itself a political act, anchoring the new administration to local commercial convention rather than imposing the ruble outright.