Uzbekistani som

For earlier currencies used in Uzbekistan, see Bukharan tenga, Kokand tenga and Khwarazmi tenga.

Uzbekistani som

O‘zbek so‘m / Ўзбек сўм (Uzbek)

25 som

ISO 4217 code UZS

User(s) Uzbekistan

Inflation 7.6%

Source The World Factbook, 2006 est.

Subunit

1/100 tiyin

Plural som

tiyin tiyin

Coins 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 som

Banknotes 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 som

Central bank

Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Website www.cbu.uz

The som (Uzbek: so‘m in Latin script, сўм in Cyrillic script) is the currency of Uzbekistan in Central Asia. The ISO 4217 currency code is UZS.

1 Etymology
2 First Som
3 Second Som
4 See also
5 References

Etymology

In the Soviet Union, speakers of Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Uzbek called the ruble the som, and this name appeared written on the back of banknotes, among the texts for the value of the bill in all 15 official languages of the Union. The word som (sometimes transliterated "sum" or "soum") means "pure" in Kyrgyz, Uyghur and Uzbek, as well as in many other Turkic languages. The word implies "pure gold"

First Som

Like other republics of the former Soviet Union, Uzbekistan continued using Soviet/Russian ruble after independence. On July 26, 1993, a new series of Russian ruble was issued and old Soviet/Russian ruble ceased to be legal tender in Russia.^[1]^[2] Some successor states had their national currencies before the change, some chose to continue using the pre-1993 Soviet/Russian ruble, and some chose to use both the pre-1993 and the new Russian ruble. Tables of modern monetary history: Asia^[3] implies that both old and new rubles were used in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan replaced the ruble with som at par in on November 15, 1993.^[3] No subdivisions of this som were issued and only banknotes were produced, in denominations of 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 5000, and 10000 som. Because it was meant to be a transitional currency, the design was rather simplistic. All notes had the Coat of arms on obverse, and an Islamic architecture on reverse. They only differ in color and value.

Second Som

On July 1, 1994,^[3] a second som was introduced at a rate of 1 new som = 1000 old som. This som is subdivided into 100 tiyin. At its introduction, 1 U.S. dollar was equal to 25 som. Currently, the largest denomination of Uzbek currency, the 1000 som bill, is worth approximately 60 cents U.S., requiring Uzbeks to carry enormous numbers of bills just to carry out grocery shopping and bill payment.

Coins

2 series of coins have been issued for the second som. They can be easily distinguished by the script used for Uzbek. The first series was written in Cyrillic script, while the second series is written in Latin script.

First Series
Image		Value	Composition	Description		Date of minting
Obverse	Reverse	Value	Composition	Obverse	Reverse	Date of minting
[1]	[2]	1 tiyin	Brass clad steel	Coat of arms with 12 stars State title	Value, year of minting	1994
[3]	[4]	3 tiyin
[5]	[6]	5 tiyin
[7]	[8]	10 tiyin	Nickel clad steel	Coat of arms with 12 stars State title	Value, year of minting	1994
[9]	[10]	20 tiyin
[11]	[12]	50 tiyin
[13]	[14]	1 som				1997, 1998, 1999
[15]	[16]	5 som				1997, 1998, 1999
[17]	[18]	10 som				1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
For table standards, see the coin specification table.

Second Series
Image	Value	Technical parameters			Description			Date of minting
Image	Value	Diameter	Mass	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse	Date of minting
	1 som	18.4 mm	2.83 g	Stainless steel	Reeded	Coat of arms without stars Bank title, year of minting	Value, map of Uzbekistan	2000
	5 som	21.2 mm	3.35 g	Brass clad steel	Plain	Coat of arms without stars Bank title, year of minting	Value, map of Uzbekistan	2001
	10 som	19.75 mm	2.71 g	Nickel clad steel	Plain	Coat of arms without stars Bank title, year of minting	Value, map of Uzbekistan	2001
	25 som	27 mm				Coat of arms without stars State title, year of minting	Value, Jaloliddin Manguberdi	1999
	50 som	26.1 mm	8 g		Plain and reeded sections	Coat of arms without stars Bank title, year of minting	Value, map of Uzbekistan	2001¹
	50 som	26.1 mm	7.9 g		Plain and reeded sections	Coat of arms without stars Bank title, year of minting	Value, statue and ruin of Shahrisabz	2002²
	100 som	26.9 mm	7.9 g		Inscription	Coat of arms without stars Bank title, year of minting	Value, map of Uzbekistan, sunrays	2004³
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table.

Note

10th anniversary of independence
2700th anniversary of the founding of Shahrisabz
10th anniversary of the Uzbekistani som

Banknotes

1994 Series
Image		Value	Main Colour	Description		Date of printing
Obverse	Reverse	Value	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	Date of printing
		1 som	Green and pink	Coat of arms	Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theater in Tashkent	1994
		3 som	Red	Coat of arms	Mosque of Çaçma Ayub Mazar in Bukhara
		5 som	Blue and orange	Coat of arms and Islamic pattern	Ali Shir Nawai Monument in Tashkent
		10 som	Purple		Gur-e Amir in Samarkand
		25 som	Blue and pink		The Mausoleum of Kazi Zade Rumi in the Shah-i-Zinda complex in Samarkand
		50 som	Brown		The three Madrasahs of the Registan in Samarkand
		100 som	Purple		Bunyodkor Palace in Tashkent
		200 som	Green	Coat of arms	Detail of a tiger mosaiс on the Sher-Dor Madrasah at the Registan in Samarkand	1997
		500 som	Red and some green		Statue of Timur in Tashkent	1999
		1000 som	Grey		Amir Timur Museum in Tashkent	2001
For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Current UZS exchange rates
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References

Krause, Chester L., and Clifford Mishler (2003). 2004 Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1901–Present. Colin R. Bruce II (senior editor) (31st ed. ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0873495934.
Cuhaj, George S. (editor) (2005). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: Modern Issues 1961-Date (11th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0-89689-160-7.

Old som
Preceded by: Soviet/Russian ruble Reason: independence Ratio: at par	Currency of Uzbekistan November 15, 1993 – July 1, 1994	Succeeded by: New som Reason: inflation and depreciation of the "transitional" currency Ratio: 1 new som = 1000 old som

New som
Preceded by: Old som Reason: inflation and depreciation of the "transitional" currency Ratio: 1 new som = 1000 old som	Currency of Uzbekistan July 1, 1994 –	Succeeded by: Current

Currencies of Asia

Central	Kazakhstani tenge · Kyrgyzstani som · Tajikistani somoni · Turkmenistan manat · Uzbekistani som

East	Chinese yuan · Hong Kong dollar · Japanese yen · North Korean won · South Korean won · Macanese pataca · Mongolian tögrög · New Taiwan dollar

North	Russian ruble

South	Bangladeshi taka · Bhutanese ngultrum · Indian rupee (Bhutan) · Maldivian rufiyaa · Nepalese rupee · Pakistani rupee · Sri Lankan rupee · U.S. dollar (British Indian Ocean Territory)

Southeast	Brunei dollar (Singapore) · Burmese kyat · Cambodian riel · East Timorese centavo (East Timor) · Indonesian rupiah · Lao kip · Malaysian ringgit · Philippine peso · Singapore dollar (Brunei) · Thai baht · U.S. dollar · Vietnamese đồng

West	Abkhazian apsar (unrecognized) · Afghan afghani · Armenian dram (Nagorno-Karabakh) · Azerbaijani manat · Bahraini dinar · Egyptian pound (Gaza Strip) · Euro (Cyprus) · Georgian lari · Iranian rial · Iraqi dinar · Israeli new shekel (Palestinian territories) · Jordanian dinar (West Bank) · Kuwaiti dinar · Lebanese pound · Nagorno-Karabakh dram (unrecognized) · Omani rial · Russian ruble (Abkhazia, South Ossetia) · Qatari riyal · Saudi riyal · Syrian pound · Turkish lira (Northern Cyprus) · UAE dirham · Yemeni rial

Currencies of post-Soviet states

in circulation	Abkhazian apsar (unrecognized) · Armenian dram · Azerbaijani manat · Belarusian ruble · Euro (Estonia) · Georgian lari · Kazakhstani tenge · Kyrgyzstani som · Latvian lats · Lithuanian litas · Moldovan leu · Nagorno-Karabakh dram (unrecognized) · Russian ruble (Russia and Abkhazia (unrecognized) and South Ossetia (unrecognized)) · Tajikistani somoni · Transnistrian ruble (unrecognized) · Turkmenistan manat · Ukrainian hryvnia · Uzbekistani som

obsolete	Chechen naxar (unrecognized) · Estonian kroon · Georgian kupon lari · Latvian rublis · Lithuanian talonas · Moldovan cupon · Soviet ruble · Tajikistani ruble · Ukrainian karbovanets

Uzbekistani som

Contents

Etymology

First Som

Second Som

Coins

Note

Banknotes

See also

References