Uzbekistan Independence Medal.

[deValcourt]

I saw this one from the same seller with the "bad pennies" but this appears to me to be a celebration or anniversary of September 1, 1991 of their new independence.

The face is pretty dull, but the rerverse has the current version of the state seal. Kinda cool, I think.;)

Phillip

[Esteban_cool]

Nice medal! I wonder if it had a following restrike (for catch-ups) with the latin alphabet isnscription.

[deValcourt]

I just hope this isn't a post-1991 trend to make ones like this for each former Soviet country (without the country's input) to sell to tourists in Russia or elsewhere.

That thought just occurred to me...:(

Phillip

[desantnik]

I don't understand the above comments. This is a legitimate Uzbek commemorative medal in Latin script.

[deValcourt]

Originally Posted by desantnik

I don't understand the above comments. This is a legitimate Uzbek commemorative medal in Latin script.

Commemorative - that's the word I was trying to think of yesterday. But just in case the seller's picks weren't clear, it does say "Uzbekistan - 1 September 1991" in Cyrillic script - I promise.;) I am glad that it is legitimate mainly because I have seen lots of sellers pushing pins (no pun intended) from each of the former Soviet republics of various designs with each republic's soviet seal. I just wanted to be sure this wasn't part of that trend. It is a very nice looking medal (especially the reverse).

I think Esteban was wondering if they released a second version in the native Arabic (whichever variant the official language is). "Latin" may have just been a slip.:)

Phillip

[Esteban_cool]

I understand that during the first years of Uzbek independence they still used cyrillic, and later they switched to latin. I recall seeing official uzbek documents and banknotes written in latin, headed by the name of the country "O´zbekiston".