Central Bank of Uzbekistan - Numismatic Collection

Numismatic Collection

As part of its role in managing the monetary supply of Uzbekistan the National Bank has established a collection of coins from the region over the past two and half thousand years. The bank takes pride in its collection claiming it has "created the most valuable collection of ancient coins able to compete, if not in quantity than in quality, with the most famous numismatic collections of the world" (National Bank, 2010: 10). The collection has been published in four volumes (1997, 2000, 2000, 2001), a total of 400 coins and covers the whole history of Central Asia but with a focus on the Islamic period.