Uzbekistan 100 Sum

[andyg]

These have recently appeared on the marked, dated 2009,
http://ciscoins.narod.ru/uz2009e.htm

Are they circulation coins or collector coins?

[ciscoins]

They are in circulation. In all the country. And 100 sum 2004 were in circulation only in one region, in Bukhara (I don't know why).
But the exchange rate is very small: they are equal to 0,07 USD (7 US cents). And the banknote of highest denomination - 1000 sum - is only 70 US cents. So... I don't know how they live there with such currency. I suppose that most of the big payments are being made in other currencies - US dollars, Russian roubles, etc.

[Figleaf]

Thanks for the hint. I am meeting people from Uzbekistan this weekend. They have promised me a copy.

Peter

[ciscoins]

Thanks for the hint. I am meeting people from Uzbekistan this weekend.

Please ask them about 1 sum 2000 (KM#8; old type with cyrillic letters). I know only two collectors from Uzbekistan, and both of them have never seen such a coin and have never heard about it. But Uzbekistan is a country for which you can never know exactly if some coin exists or not (until you buy this coin and hold it in your hands).

[Figleaf]

They are not collectors, so I don't think they will have noticed which dates exist, but I'll ask them.

Peter

[asm]

I was in Taskent for around a week and tried to look for the coins. I almost begged for them from any one with whom I could converse properly. I managed 0ne 25 Sum,  two 50 Sum & two 100 Sum coins. The coins are so low valued that they just can not be used for any useful purpose. Most people I talked to did not know of the lower denominations existed.

I did however, pick up a few of the currency notes currently in circulation.

Amit