Tuvan akşa


The akşa was the currency of the Tuvan People's Republic between 1934 and 1944. It was subdivided into 100 kɵpejek. Akşa in the Tuvan language simply means "money".

History

Prior to the introduction of the akşa, Tuva issued overprinted Russian and Soviet banknotes. The first series was overprinted with denominations in lan, with the number of lan equal to the face value of the Russian notes. The second series carried overprints on Soviet notes in rubles and chervonets.
Coins were issued in 1934 in denominations of 1-, 2, 3-, 5-, 10-, 15 and 20 kɵpejek, a Tuvanized name for the Russian kopeck, with banknotes issued in 1935 and 1940 in denominations of 1 to 25 akşa. The names kɵpejek and akşa are spelled in Jaꞑalif.

Coins

On the obverse of the coins - the name of the state and the issuing bank.
On the reverse - the nominal number and in words, the year of issue.

Banknotes