20 Roubles

Features

Issuer	Khorezm People's Soviet Republic (Khiva Khanate)
Period	Republic (1920-1924)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1338-1339 (1920-1921)
Calendar	Islamic (Hijri)
Value	20 Roubles
Currency	Rouble (1920-1925)
Composition	Bronze (or copper)
Weight	9.6 g
Diameter	26 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 17985
References	Y# 15.1, 15.2 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).

Obverse

Inscription in Uzbek language written with Arabic letters. Transcription: “zarb fulus Khwarezm shuralar qarari ilan” and "Twenty Manats"

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
ضرب فلوس خوارزم شورالار قرارى الان
١٣٣٨
يکرمه منات

Translation:
Money struck by the order of councils of Khawarezm
1338
Twenty Manats

Reverse

Denomination in Russian

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
20
РУБ

Unabridged legend: 20 рублей

Translation:
20
Roubles

Comments

Here is an example of Y15.2 with overlapped arms on the reverse.

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Date		Frequency
Undetermined
1338 (1920)	١٣٣٨; Y#15.1 (arms separated)	50%
1338 (1920)	١٣٣٨; Y#15.2 (arms overlapped) 6 points in obverse star	8%
1339 (1921)	١٣٣٩; Varieties exist with 6 or 8 points in obverse star, with 8 stars much scarcer	13%
1339 (1921)	١٣٣٩; Y#15.1 (arms separated)	33%
1339 (1921)	١٣٣٩; Y#15.2 (arms overlapped)	33%

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