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Tenga

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Tenga 

a silver coin circulated in Middle Asia, mainly in Khiva, Bukhara, Tashkent, and Kokand. Minted until 1893, the coin was worth approximately 20 kopecks.



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He swept along over many villages without heeding the cries that the appearance of the balloon excited; he took note of the conformation of places with quick sights; he passed the slopes of the Rubemhe, which are nearly as abrupt as the summits of the Ousagara, and, farther on, at Tenga, encountered the first projections of the Karagwah chains, which, in his opinion, are direct spurs of the Mountains of the Moon.
 
 
 
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