Catalog
60 Tengas Treasury
| Issuer | Emirate of Bukhara |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 60 Tengov |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a yellow crescent and star, printed in a simple typographic style within a pink serrated border frame. Arabic-script legends occupy cartouches in the upper register, with Cyrillic denomination inscriptions in block letters flanking the central device at lower left and right. Numeral value '60' appears in green-tinted boxes at centre-lower, with Arabic numeral '۶۵' above in the upper corners. |
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| Reverse description | Central crescent and star vignette on a plain ground, enclosed within a pink serrated outer border. Arabic-script text panels are positioned in the upper corners and along the lower register, while Cyrillic block lettering appears at the right side. The Hijri year '۱۳۳۷' is printed in small cartouches flanking the central device, with numeral '60' and '۶۵' repeated in green-tinted boxes at the corners. |
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The Emirate of Bukhara's paper currency experiment was brief and chaotic. Emir Alim Khan's government began issuing these notes in 1919 under severe pressure — the Bolsheviks were tightening their grip on Central Asia, trade had collapsed, and the traditional silver tanga had effectively disappeared from circulation. The tenga denominations were denominated in a currency that no longer functioned as metal coinage.
Bukhara fell to the Red Army in September 1920. The emirate was abolished, replaced by the short-lived Bukharan People's Soviet Republic, and these notes became worthless almost immediately after issue. Surviving examples had virtually no circulation window.