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1000 Tengas Treasury
| Issuer | Emirate of Bukhara |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 1000 Tengov |
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| Reverse description | The reverse centres on a large crescent and six-pointed star vignette in gold, enclosed within an ornate medallion of interlocking lobed cartouches printed in red. Flanking panels at left and right carry dense Arabic calligraphic inscriptions in green and orange, while the numeral 1000 in Western digits appears in the lower corners. The Cyrillic denomination legend ОДНА ТЫСЯЧА ТЕНЬГОВЪ is printed in a rectangular panel at the bottom centre. |
| Reverse lettering | ۱000 1000 ۱۳۳۷ ОДНА ТЫСЯЧА ТЕНЬГОВЪ (Translation: 1000, 1337, One Thousand Tengov) |
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The Emirate of Bukhara issued paper currency only in its final years, when the collapsing Russian Empire created a monetary vacuum across Central Asia. This 1000 Tengas note appeared in 1919, just one year before the Red Army overthrew Emir Alim Khan and the emirate ceased to exist entirely. The notes were produced under genuinely chaotic conditions — the emirate had no printing infrastructure of its own, and the quality of paper issues from this period reflects that.
Pick 15 is among the higher denominations of a series that inflated rapidly as the political situation deteriorated. Most circulated hard and briefly.