1994 Uzbekistan 100 Sum Banknote Tashkent Palace P-79 Note

Issued by the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ўзбекистон Республикаси Марказий Банки), this legal tender 100 Sum banknote (Юз Сўм) represents the foundational definitive currency emission bearing the printed series year of 1994. Cataloged internationally in the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money as Pick #79 (P-79) and The Banknote Book as B207, this purple and violet emission celebrates Central Asian artistic antiquity and post-Soviet sovereignty. The obverse features the State Emblem of Uzbekistan—showcasing the mythical Khumo bird of happiness against a rising sun and agricultural wreath—framed within a monumental ancient gold torc armlet terminal with winged mythical creatures inspired by the historic Oxus Treasure, flanked on the left by stylized decorative peacocks in circular roundels. The reverse showcases the monumental modernist facade of the Palace of the Friendship of Peoples (Xalqlar Doʻstligi Saroyi) in Tashkent set behind civic plaza fountains, accompanied by intricate fine-line guilloche border lathework, microtext underprints, and the statutory legal anti-counterfeiting clause. This note stands as a classic type piece for collections focused on modern Central Asian paper money, Silk Road archaeological heritage, and post-Soviet monetary transitions.

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