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500 Tengas / Ten'gov
| Issuer | Bukhara Emirate Treasury |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in a multicolour letterpress style combining red, green, and yellow inks on plain paper. At centre, a large crescent and star vignette — the emblem of the Bukhara Emirate — is flanked by two cartouches bearing Arabic script inscriptions, with the denomination '500' rendered in both Arabic-script numerals and Cyrillic (ПЯТЬСОТ ТЕНЕГОВ) in red rectangular panels at lower left and right. The border is composed of interlaced ornamental frames with additional Arabic legends running along the lower register. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse repeats the multicolour letterpress format in red, green, and yellow. The central motif is a large pointed oval cartouche containing Arabic calligraphic text, surmounted by the crescent and star emblem in yellow. Four green oval panels with Arabic inscriptions are disposed symmetrically around the central device, while red rectangular panels at the corners and lower register carry the Cyrillic denomination ПЯТЬСОТ ТЕНГОВЪ and the numeral 500. |
| Reverse lettering | ПЯТЬСОТ ТЕНГОВЪ 500 |
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