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1 Somoni
| Issuer | National Bank of Tajikistan |
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| Year | 2000-2010 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | БОНКИ МИЛЛИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН 1 ЯК СОМОНӢ (Translation: National Bank of Tajikistan, One Somonī) |
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| Reverse lettering | NATIONAL BANK OF TAJIKISTAN ONE SOMONİ БАРОИ ҚАЛБАКӢ СОХТАНИ БИЛЕТҲОИ БОНКИ МИЛЛИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН МУВОФИҚИ ҚОНУН ҶАЗО ДОДА МЕШОВАД (Translation: Counterfeit banknotes of the National Bank of Tajikistan shall be punished in accordance with the law) |
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The somoni replaced the Tajik ruble in 2000 at a rate of 1000:1, a conversion necessitated by catastrophic inflation that had accumulated during the 1992–1997 civil war. By the time the new currency launched, the ruble had become so devalued that the 1-somoni note represented more purchasing power than entire bricks of its predecessor. The National Bank used the new series partly to symbolize post-war institutional rebuilding — the denomination name itself honors Ismoil Somoni, the 9th-century Samanid ruler claimed as a founding cultural figure of the Tajik nation.
The series ran across a notably long production window, and early versus late issues within the P#14 type show minor but detectable variations in print registration quality.