From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 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.

Contents 1 Etymology 2 First Som 3 Second Som 3.1 Coins 3.2 Note 3.3 Banknotes 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

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 Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uyghur and Uzbek, as well as in many other Turkic languages. The word implies "pure gold"

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.

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 7 som.

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			Obverse	Reverse
[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, 2000
[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
		Diameter	Mass	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse
	1 som	18.4 mm	2.83 g	Nickel clad steel	Reeded	Coat of arms without stars Bank title, year of minting	Value, map of Uzbekistan	2000, 2001
	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				Value, statue and ruin of Shahrisabz	20022
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world coins. For table standards, see the coin specification table.

1. 10th anniversary of independence
2. 2700th anniversary of the founding of Shahrisabz

1994 Series
Image		Value	Main Colour	Description		Date of printing
Obverse	Reverse			Obverse	Reverse
[19]	[20]	1 som	Green and pink	Coat of arms	Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theater	1994
[21]	[22]	3 som	Red		Mosque of Çaçma Ayub Mazar in Bukhara
[23]	[24]	5 som	Blue and orange	Coat of arms and Islamic pattern	Ali Shir Nawai Monument in Tashkent
[25]	[26]	10 som	Purple		Gur-e Amir in Samarkand
[27]	[28]	25 som	Blue and pink		Mausoleum of Kazi Zade Rumi in Shah-i-Zinda
[29]	[30]	50 som	Brown		Madrasahs in Registan
[31]	[32]	100 som	Purple		Druzhba Narodov Palace in Tashkent
[33]	[34]	200 som	Green	Coat of arms	Mythological tiger mosaiс on Sher-Dor Madrasah at Registan Square in Samarkand	1997
[35]	[36]	500 som	Red and some green		Statue of Timur	1999
[37]	[38]	1000 som	Grey		Amir Timur Museum in Tashkent	2001
For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Use Yahoo! Finance:	AUD CAD CHF EUR GBP HKD JPY USD RUB CNY
Use XE.com:	AUD CAD CHF EUR GBP HKD JPY USD RUB CNY
Use OANDA.com:	AUD CAD CHF EUR GBP HKD JPY USD RUB CNY

• Economy of Uzbekistan
• Kyrgyzstani som

• Don's World Coin Gallery - Uzbekistan
• Ron Wise's World Paper Money - Uzbekistan ^{Mirror site}
• Tables of Modern Monetary Systems by Kurt Schuler - Asia ^{Mirror site}
• The Global History of Currencies - Uzbekistan
• Global Financial Data currency histories table ( Microsoft Excel format)

• Coins of former Soviet republics

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 deprecating the "transitional" currency Ratio: 1 new som = 1000 old som

New som

Preceded by: Old som Reason: inflation and deprecating the "transitional" currency Ratio: 1 new som = 1000 old som

Currency of Uzbekistan July 1, 1994 –

Succeeded by: Current

v • d • e Currencies of Asia
Central	Afghan afghani · Kazakhstani tenge · Kyrgyzstani som · Mongolian tögrög · Russian ruble · Tajikistani somoni · Turkmenistani manat · Uzbekistani som
East	Chinese yuan · Hong Kong dollar · Japanese yen · Macanese pataca · North Korean won · New Taiwan dollar · South Korean won
South-East	Brunei dollar · Cambodian riel · Indonesian rupiah · Lao kip · Malaysian ringgit · Myanmar kyat · Philippine peso · Singapore dollar · Thai baht · U.S. dollar (East Timor) · Vietnamese đồng
South	Bangladeshi taka · Bhutanese ngultrum · Indian rupee · Maldivian rufiyaa · Nepalese rupee · Pakistani rupee · Sri Lankan rupee
West	Armenian dram · Azerbaijani manat · Bahraini dinar · Cypriot pound · Egyptian pound · Georgian lari · Iranian rial · Iraqi dinar · Israeli new sheqel · Jordanian dinar · Kuwaiti dinar · Lebanese lira · Omani rial · Qatari riyal · Saudi riyal · Syrian pound · Turkish new lira · UAE dirham · Yemeni rial