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20 Tenga - Muhammad Alim Khan bin Abdul-Ahad

20 Tenga - Muhammad Alim Khan bin Abdul-Ahad - obverse20 Tenga - Muhammad Alim Khan bin Abdul-Ahad - reverse

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Features

Issuer Emirate of Bukhara
Emir Muhammad Alim Khan bin Abdul-Ahad (1911-1920)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1337 (1919)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 20 Tenga
Currency Tenga (1801-1920)
Composition Brass (bronze or brass)
Weight 7.75 g
Diameter 32.5 mm
Thickness 1.3 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
101158
References KM# 51.1
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Y# 12
Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).

Obverse

Inscription and date in crescent, 6-pointed
circled star above

Script: Arabic

Lettering: ضرب بخارا

Translation: “zarb Bukharayi sharif”

Reverse

Inscription and date within 6-pointed star

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
تنکه
بیست
٣٧ ١٣

Translation:
20 tengah
13 37

Edge

Plain (varieties exist with an angled milled edge)

Comments

Varieties exist with upright and oblique milled edge,
obverse date varies in position and arrangement (full or divided
dates with different combinations). Previously KM# 51.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1337 (1919)  ١٣٣٧ date on both sides 55%
1337 (1919)  ١٣٣٧ date on the reverse only 55%

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