5000 Soʻm

By 2013, Uzbekistan's persistent inflation had already rendered this denomination nearly trivial for everyday transactions — a 5000 soʻm note was worth roughly $2.50 USD at the unofficial exchange rate, which ran significantly weaker than the official rate the government maintained through strict currency controls. The gap between those two rates was itself a defining feature of Uzbek monetary life throughout this period.

Printed domestically at the state security printing works in Tashkent, which has produced Uzbek banknotes since independence-era currency reform in 1994. The relatively modest security specification — watermark and thread only — reflects where this denomination sat in the series by 2013: too low in value to warrant costly features.