A five-som note from the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan, dated 1994. The front shows the state emblem within an arch, flanked by mythical birds, above a tiled tower. The back shows the monument to the poet Alisher Navoi in Tashkent, a statue standing beneath an open domed rotunda reached by steps, among trees. Navoi, a 15th-century poet who wrote in the Chagatai Turkic language, is a national figure in Uzbekistan.