Similar to other nations of the previous Soviet Union, Uzbekistan sustained using Soviet/Russian ruble after independence. On July 26, 1993, a new sequence of Russian ruble was introduced and old Soviet/Russian ruble stopped to be currency in Russia.

Uzbekistan reinstated the ruble with Uzbekistan som at 1:1 in on November 15, 1993 No part of this Uzbekistan som were introduced and only currency notes were created, in value of 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 5000, and 10000 som. On July 1, 1994, a second Uzbekistan som was issued at a rate of 1 new som is subdivided in to 1000 old Som. 

One second Uzbekistan som = 100 tiyin. At its issuance, 1 U.S. dollar was equivalent to 25 Som. The Uzbekistan som is circulating at present are 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 som and currency notes 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 Som.