Uzbekistani Som in Iranian Rial

UZS Uzbekistani Som

Country of application:
Uzbekistan

Coin denominations in circulation:
10, 5 and 1 sum.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
50,000, 10,000, 5,000, 1,000, 500, 200, 100, 50, 25, 10, 5, 3 and 1 sum.

History reference:
Sum is the national currency of Uzbekistan. It was originally introduced on November 15, 1993 in the form of sum-coupons, a currency parallel to the Soviet ruble to protect the countrys economy from ...excess ruble supply. Since July 1, 1994 - as the only legal tender in Uzbekistan. After the denomination of the Belarusian ruble in 2016, the sum became the cheapest currency among the countries of the former USSR. Since November 15, 1993, in the Republic of Uzbekistan, in order to protect the domestic market from excess ruble supply, additional temporary banknotes "sums" or sum-coupons were introduced in a ratio of 1: 1 to the Soviet ruble. On July 1, 1994, by the Decree of the President of Uzbekistan, a constant currency is put into circulation - the Uzbek Soum at the rate of 1 sum = 1000 sum-coupons. On July 1, 2013, the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan issued a new banknote with a face value of 5,000 soums. Currently, all banknotes and coins are in circulation, but banknotes up to ten and coins up to twenty-five soums are not used.

IRR Iranian Rial

Country of application:
Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq

Coin denominations in circulation:
1,000, 2,000, 5,000 Iranian rial.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
5,000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, 100,000, 500,000 Iranian rial.

History reference:
The rial was the currency of Persia from 1798 to 1825 and of Iran since 1932. The rial first became the derivative currency of Iran (at that time Persia) in 1798. Rials were introduced as coins with ...a denomination of 1250 dinars (bargaining unit) or 1/8 fog (basic unit). In 1825, the rial ceased to be issued and until 1932 the currency of Iran was the Persian fog. The peculiarity of Iranian coins is that they are dated according to the Solar Hijri. Compared to the Gregorian calendar, there is a lag of 622 years. So, 1390 p. Hijri correspond to the year 2011 of our calendar. In addition, the coins of the Shah period are dated both according to the Hijri and according to the so-called Monarchic solar year, which is ahead by 559 years.