100 Roubles Bukhara Soviet Peoples Republic

History

After the overthrow of the emir's power in Bukhara on September 2, 1920, the All-Bukhara Congress proclaimed the establishment of the Bukhara People's Soviet Republic.

When the Russian revolution reached Central Asia the local currencies depreciated rapidly. The Bukharan Emirate first issued copper coins at higher denominations, then, as the devaluation went on, the government switched to issuing paper money in increasing denominations, the establishment of the People's Republic did not change the country's monetary situation, the new republic immediately began to issue paper money in the previous artisanal way, initially the remaining clichés of the emirate were used, but with a replacement of the text and signatures-stamps on the front side to Soviet ones. From November 1920 while retaining the previous "emirate" appearance notes began to be issued in rubles and with a modified coat of arms.

From 1922, Bukhara signs began to be printed in a printing house using lithography, and the first was the sign of 20,000 rubles. That same year a reform was carried out (apparently following the RSFSR) and notes were issued with an exchange rate of 1 new ruble = 10,000 old rubles.  The denominations issued were in early 1922 (1340 hijri) were; 1, 5, 10, 25 and 100 rubles, while during the second half of 1922  (1341 hijri), 1000, 2500 and 5000 rubles were issued

At the end of 1922, the BNSR government planned to carry out another denomination, in which it was proposed to equate 1 new ruble = 100 rubles of 1922. 

In March 1923, an economic conference of the Central Asian republics and a meeting at the People's Commissariat of Finance in Moscow took place, it was decided that local emissions (Bukhara and Khorezm) would cease in May 1923 and that local banknotes would be exchanged for RSFSR ones.

The total amount issued is unknown.

Variaties
The note can present 4 types of watermarks (or no watermark), as well as either grayish-blue or white paper. The reasons behing this variety of watermarks and paper is unknown. It has been observed that the notes with “waves” watermark are of greyish tone. On another note, “25” seems to be the rarest watermark.

For the series the numbers 1000, 2000 and 3000 are known, reagarding lettes the following are known: ج  ,آ  ,ل  ,پ  ,س  ,ت  ,ٯ  ,ع  and  ض