According to a press release, the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan planned to introduce a new 50,000-som note on 22 December 2021.
The images in the press release had an error in the caption on the front which has subsequently been corrected on the issued notes.
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B221 (PNL): 50,000 so’m (som) (US$5.25)
Purple. Front: Uzbek text; Sopollitepa archeological monument as registration device; Al-Hakim At-Termiziy Maqbarasi in Surxondaryo; caravan routes on map of Uzbekistan; coat of arms. Back: Uzbek text; Fayoztepa Arxeologiya Yodgorligi ancient archaeological monument in Surxondaryo; flying dove in green SPARK Live; 17th-century pottery from Sopollitepa; Sopollitepa archeological monument as registration device. 3-mm wide green windowed security thread. Watermark: Camel and eletrotype 50000. Printer: (Uzbekistan). 147 x 69 mm. Paper.
a. 2021. No sig. Intro: 22.12.2021.
Courtesy of Claudio Marana.