20 Tengas / Ten'gov

The Bukhara People's Soviet Republic did not actually exist in 1918 — the Emirate of Bukhara was not overthrown until the Red Army assault of September 1920. This note predates that event and was issued under an earlier Soviet-aligned transitional authority, part of the chaotic monetary experimentation that followed the Russian Revolution's spread into Central Asia. The region was flooded with competing currencies from Tashkent, local khanates, and various revolutionary committees, none of which commanded broad public trust.

The tenga was the traditional unit of account in Bukhara, and its retention on this issue was a deliberate concession to local commercial habit.