Time Period: 1785-1918

Timeline

  • after 1785
  • Coinage reform under Emir Shahmurad:
    - Main coin was the silver Tenge of 0.7 mishkals fine silver
    - Gold coins in units Tilla of nominally 21 Tenge
    - Copper subsidiary coins in units Fulus at 1 Tenge = 44 Fulus
  • ??.??.1890
  • Russian imperial ordinance on the withdrawal of silver coins in Central Asia (Turkestan) until 01.05.1895:
    - The rate of the silver Tenge was gradually reduced: 20 Kopeks (until 01.05.1892), 15 Kopeks (until 01.05.1893), 12 Kopeks (until 01.05.1894), 10 Kopeks (until 01.05.1895).
  • around 1901
  • Agreement between the Emir of Bukhara and the Russian government on the resumption of the minting of silver coins:
    - The rate of the silver Tenge was 15 Kopeks.


Time Period: 1918-1920 (SH:1336-1338)

Currency: Bukharan Tenge


Timeline

  • around 1918
  • Issuance of copper coins of 20 to ½ Tenge (dated SH1336) by the Emirate
  • 1918-1920
  • Issuance of (hand printed) paper money of 10'000 to 10 Tenge (dated SH1336-1338) by the Emirate

Valuation Regimes

  • 1918-1920
  • Variable rate


Time Period: 1920-1921 (SH:1339-1340)

Currency: 1st Bukharan Ruble (Som)


Timeline

  • 1920-1921
  • Issuance of (hand printed) paper money by the People's Soviet Republic;
    - First series of 5'000 to 50 Rubles (dated 1920/SH1339)
    - Second series of 20'000 to 10'000 Rubles (dated 1921/SH1339)
    - Third series of 10'000 Rubles (dated 1921/SH1340).

Valuation Regimes

  • 1920-1921
  • Variable rate, during 1921 the Bukharan notes were equated with the Russian provisional government notes ("Kerenki") of 1917.


Time Period: 1922-1923 (SH:1340-1341)

Currency: 2nd Bukharan Ruble (Som)


Timeline

  • early 1922
  • Adoption of the Russian currency reform of 03.11.1921, all earlier notes (Bukharan notes, Russian provisional government notes ("Kerenki") 1917) at a rate of 1 : 10'000 to the new notes
  • 1922
  • Issuance of (machine printed) paper money of 20'000 to 50 Rubles by the People's Soviet Republic (dated 1922/SH1340)
  • March 1923
  • Resolution of the Economic Conference of the Central Asian Republics on the adoption of the Russian currency:
    - Local currency issuance should cease from May 1923
    - The Bukharan currency gets withdrawn and exchanged at a rate of 300 Bukharan Rubles (1922) = 100 Russian Rubles (1922) = 1 Russian Ruble (1923)
    - The exchange period extended until end-1923 (?).
  • 04.12.1925
  • Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR on the final demonetization of Bukharan silver coins in the Uzbek and Turkmen Soviet Republics; effective 01.01.1926

Valuation Regimes

  • 1922-1923
  • Variable rate, after mid-1922 the Bukharan notes ceased to be accepted on par with the Russian Ruble (1922) notes.