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| Issuer | Vahid Xeyriyyə Cəmiyyəti (Vahid Charity Society) |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette with a portrait of Haci Zeynalabodin Tağıyev (1838–1924), flanked by decorative foliate scrollwork. Denomination numerals 50 000 appear in guilloche rosettes at left and right corners; the Vahid Xeyriyyə Cəmiyyəti monogram in green underprint at lower left. A green cursive signature of Prezident Haci Hüseynağa appears at lower right. |
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| Signature(s) | Haci Hüseynağa |
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The Vahid Xeyriyyə Cəmiyyəti — Vahid Charity Society — issued product cheques during the acute shortage period of the early 1990s when Azerbaijan's consumer economy was effectively collapsing under the combined pressure of post-Soviet disintegration and the Nagorno-Karabakh war. These were not banknotes in any legal sense; they functioned as internally redeemable scrip, entitling bearers to goods rather than cash, a common workaround when state currency was both scarce and distrusted.
The signatory, Haci Hüseynağa, was a prominent Azerbaijani businessman and philanthropist of the period. At 50,000 manat face value, this cheque reflects the severe inflation gripping the republic at the time.