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20 Tengas Treasury
| Issuer | Emirate of Bukhara |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 20 Tenga |
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| Obverse lettering | ДВАД ЦАТЬ ТЕН ГОВЪ ۱۳۳۷ ۲0 |
| Reverse description | A yellow crescent and star vignette is centered at the upper portion of the note, flanked by two vertical oval cartouches bearing Arabic inscriptions. The Hijri date 1337 appears in the upper corners, and the denomination 20 is printed in teal-colored numeral boxes at the far left and right, with additional denomination numerals in orange cartouches adjacent to them. A central rectangular panel carries Arabic text, all enclosed within a repeating geometric border in red. |
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The Emirate of Bukhara issued paper currency only briefly and under duress. By 1919, Emir Alim Khan's government was caught between Bolshevik military pressure from the north and the practical collapse of traditional coinage supply — the tenga had circulated for centuries as silver, and paper substitutes were met with deep popular suspicion. This issue, the first catalogued for Bukhara, was a fiscal improvisation rather than a planned monetary system.
The emirate itself ceased to exist the following year. Soviet forces took Bukhara in September 1920, Alim Khan fled to Afghanistan, and whatever notes remained in circulation were rendered worthless almost immediately after issue.