Tuvan akşa

"Akşa" redirects here. For other uses, see Aksha (disambiguation) and Aksa (disambiguation).

The akşa was the currency of the Tuvan People's Republic (Tannu-Tuva) between 1934 and 1944 and was equal to the Soviet ruble upon introduction. It was subdivided into 100 kɵpejek (cf. kopeck). Akşa in the Tuvan language (akça in many other Turkic languages) simply means "money".

Tuvan akşa

Banknote of the Tannu Tuva 1 akşa (obverse)
Plural	The language(s) of this currency do(es) not have a morphological plural distinction.
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄100	kɵpejek
Banknotes	1, 3, 5, 10, 25 akşa
Coins	1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 kɵpejek
Demographics
User(s)	Tuvan People's Republic
Issuance
Central bank	Central Bank of Tannu Tuva
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.

History

Prior to the introduction of the akşa, Tuva issued overprinted Russian and Soviet banknotes. The first series (issued in 1924) was overprinted with denominations in lan, with the number of lan equal to the face value of the (otherwise obsolete) Russian notes. The second series (issued 1933) 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.

Shortly after the Tuvan People's Republic was absorbed into the Soviet Union, the akşa was replaced by the ruble, with 1 akşa = 3.5 rubles.

Coins

On the obverse of the coins - the name of the state (Tuvan: TЬBA ARAT RESPUBLIK) and the issuing bank (Tuvan: TЬBA SADЬƢ-YLETPYRNYꞐ BANKЬZЬ).

On the reverse - the nominal number and in words, the year of issue.

Image	Currency (kɵpejek)	Material	Diameter (mm)	Thickness (mm)	Weight (gr)	Herd	Year of issue
	1	bronze	14		1,4	smooth	1934
	2		18		2,1		1933 1934
	3		22		2,8		1933 1934
	5		25		5	ribbed	1934
	10	copper+nickel	17				1934
	15		20				1934
	20		22				1934

Banknotes

Image		Face value (akşa)	Dimensions (mm)	Primary colours
Front side	Downside
		1		brown
		3		green
		5		blue
		10		red
		25		burgundy

See also

• Akçe
• Manchukuo yuan
• Mengjiang yuan

External links

• Banknotes of Tuva. Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
• Image of a three-kɵpejek coin

Preceded by: Soviet ruble Reason: independence Ratio: at par

Currency of Tuva 1935 – 1944

Succeeded by: Soviet ruble Reason: annexation by the U.S.S.R. Ratio: 1 akşa = 3.50 Soviet rubles