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5000 Tengas Treasury

Issuer Emirate of Bukhara
Year 1919
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Value 5000 Tengov
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Obverse description Green wavy-line guilloche ground covers the entire face, bordered by a Greek-key frame. A large crescent and star occupy the upper centre, flanked by two small ornamental red seal impressions in the upper corners. A central circular cartouche carries multi-line Arabic script text, with the Arabic date ۱۳۳۷ (1337 AH) inscribed to the left. The denomination 5000 is rendered in large stylised Arabic-script numerals across the lower half of the note.
Obverse lettering ۵000 5000 ТЕНЬГОВЪ 5000
(Translation: 5000 Tengov)
Reverse description The reverse is printed on the same green guilloche ground with a chevron-pattern underprint and Greek-key border. Two horizontal black-printed cartouches with Arabic text are arranged in the upper and lower portions of the field, flanked by ornamental vignettes at the corners. A serial number in Arabic-script numerals appears twice in the middle register, with small green handstamp impressions alongside.
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