Tuvan akşa

The akşa was the currency of the Tuvan People's Republic between 1934 and 1944 and was equal to the Soviet ruble upon introduction. 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.
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 and the issuing bank.
On the reverse - the nominal number and in words, the year of issue.

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