Time Period: 1785-1919

Timeline

  • around 1815
  • Coinage reform under Khan Mohammed Rahim:
    - 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 fixed at 20 Kopeks.


Time Period: 1919-1920 (SH:1337-1338)

Currency: Khorezmian Tenge


Timeline

  • around 1919
  • Issuance of copper coins of 15, 5, 2½, 1 Tenge (dated SH1337-1338) by the Khiva khanate
  • around 1919
  • Issuance of (hand printed) paper and cloth money by the Khiva khanate:
    - First series of 2'500 to 50 Tenge (dated SH1337)
    - Second series of 2'500 to 200 Tenge, also denominated as 500 to 40 Rubles (dated SH1337-1338).

Valuation Regimes

  • 1919-1920
  • Variable rate


Time Period: 1920-1921 (SH:1338-1340)

Currency: 1st Khorezmian Ruble (Manat)


Timeline

  • around 1920
  • Issuance of (hand printed) paper and cloth money by the Khiva khanate:
    - First series of 250 to 100 Rubles (dated SH1338)
    - Second series of 100 to 50 Rubles (dated SH1338).
  • 13.09.1920
  • Economic agreement between the Russian Federation (RSFSR) and the Khorezmian People's Soviet Republic; effective immediately:
    - (Article 6) Money of the RSFSR obtained legal tender status in Khorezm at a rate that was periodically established by a mixed commission.
  • around 1920
  • Issuance of copper coins of 500, 100, 25, 20 Rubles, dated SH1339-1340, by the People's Soviet Republic
  • 1920-1921
  • Issuance of (hand printed) paper and cloth money by the People's Soviet Republic:
    - First series of 1'000 to 250 Rubles (dated 1920/SH1338)
    - Second series of 10'000 to 2'000 Rubles (dated 1921/SH1340)
    - Third series of 25'000 to 5'000 Rubles (dated 1921/SH1340).

Valuation Regimes

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


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

Currency: 2nd Khorezmian Ruble (Manat)


Timeline

  • early 1922
  • Adoption of the Russian currency reform of 03.11.1921, all earlier notes (Khorezmian notes, Russian provisional government notes ("Kerenki") 1917) at a rate of 1 : 10'000 to the new notes
  • 1922-1923
  • Issuance of (hand printed) paper money by the People's Soviet Republic:
    - First series of 10 to 1 Rubles (dated 1922)
    - Second series of 25 Rubles (dated 1922)
    - Third series of 1'000 to 20 Rubles (dated 1922-1923).
  • 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 Khorezmian currency gets withdrawn and exchanged at a rate of 100 Khorezmian Rubles (1922) = 100 Russian Rubles (1922) = 1 Russian Ruble (1923)
    - The exchange period extended until end-1923 (?).

Valuation Regimes

  • 1922-1923
  • Variable rate, the Khorezmian notes (more or less) remained on par with the Russian Ruble (1922) notes.