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| Issuer | Uzbekistan |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | Sum-coupon (1992-1994) |
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| Obverse lettering | БЕРИЛГАН ЖОЙГА ҚАЙТАРИЛИШИ ЛОЗИМ ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ 500 КУПОНГА КАРТОЧКА Ташкилот номи __________ Фамилияси __________ Ташкилот раҳбари __________ Бош бухгалтери __________ М. Ў. 1 квартал 1993 г (Translation: The card of the Republic of Uzbekistan 500 coupons must be returned to the place of issue, Name of organisation/Last name/Head of the organization/Chief Accountant, 1st quarter year 1993) |
| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely blank, with no printed design, text, or ornamentation, consistent with the utilitarian ration-card format of this issue. |
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Uzbekistan's earliest paper money after independence came in the form of "coupons" — a deliberate hedge against full monetary commitment while the country remained nominally tied to the Soviet ruble zone. The 1993 coupon series was introduced as a parallel currency before the som replaced it entirely in July 1994.
The 500 denomination sat at the higher end of a series that was almost immediately overtaken by inflation, rendering large-denomination coupons functionally obsolete within months of issue.