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50 Coupons 3rd quarter
| Issuer | Uzbekistan |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | Sum (Coupon) (1993-1994) |
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| Obverse description | A ration card sheet divided into a grid of individual detachable coupon vignettes, the majority denominated 1 coupon and a smaller number denominated 5 coupons, each cell inscribed in Cyrillic Uzbek with "ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ" and "КУПОНИ" along with the quarter designation. The central panel carries the main card text stating the total face value of 50 coupons for the 3rd quarter, with blank lines provided for the organization name, holder's surname, head of organization, and chief accountant. A guilloche-style dot-matrix underprint covers the entire sheet. |
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| Obverse lettering | БЕРИЛГАН ЖОЙГА ҚАЙТАРИЛИШИ ЛОЗИМ ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ 50 КУПОНГА КАРТОЧКА Ташкилот номи __________ Фамилияси __________ Ташкилот раҳбари __________ Бош бухгалтери __________ М. Ў. 3 квартал (Translation: The card of the Republic of Uzbekistan 50 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 earliest circulating paper covered a transitional moment of real monetary chaos. After independence, the country initially retained Soviet rubles while printing its own interim coupons — these 1993 issues were denominated not as sum or rubles but as "coupons," a deliberate hedge that avoided formally naming a currency that hadn't yet fully existed in legal terms.
The quarterly designation is functional, not decorative: coupon books were issued in blocks tied to specific calendar quarters, controlling how much purchasing power a household could deploy at once — a rationing mechanism dressed as currency.