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500 Coupons 4th quarter
| Issuer | Republic of Uzbekistan |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | A ration coupon card of the Republic of Uzbekistan, printed in red-brown on cream paper, with a grid of individual detachable coupons in denominations of 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 200, each inscribed with the Uzbek legend "КУПОНИ" and quarter designation. A central panel bears the card's principal inscription and total value of 500 coupons, with spaces for handwritten entries of organisation name, surname, head of organisation, and chief accountant. All coupons are designated for the 4th quarter. |
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| Obverse lettering | БЕРИЛГАН ЖОЙГА ҚАЙТАРИЛИШИ ЛОЗИМ ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИ 500 КУПОНГА КАРТОЧКА Ташкилот номи __________ Фамилияси __________ Ташкилот раҳбари __________ Бош бухгалтери __________ М. Ў. 4 квартал (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, 4th quarter) |
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Uzbekistan's coupon system was a transitional measure introduced after independence, bridging the gap between the Soviet ruble and the permanent som, which wasn't issued until July 1994. These quarterly coupons were distributed to citizens to supplement or replace ruble transactions and were tied to specific time periods — the 4th quarter designation made them non-redeemable outside their validity window, a deliberate mechanism to control the money supply during an extremely unstable period.
The series is often undervalued by collectors, partly because the coupons were produced cheaply and survived in quantity, and partly because the quarterly format makes systematic completion harder than it first appears.