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1 Somoni Archer
| Issuer | National Bank of Tajikistan |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 1 Somoni |
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| Reverse lettering | • СОЛИ ТАМАДДУНИ ОРИЁӢ • САҲНАИ ШИКОР (АСРИ V ПЕШ АЗ МИЛОД) 2006 (Translation: Aryan civilization year (Scenes of hunting V century BC)) |
| Edge | Reeded |
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The somoni was introduced in 2000 to replace the Tajik rouble, itself a transitional currency that had been issued after independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Named for Ismoil Somoni, the 9th-century Samanid ruler whose dynasty oversaw a flourishing of Persian culture across Central Asia, the currency was part of a broader state project of national identity-building during a period when Tajikistan was still recovering from a devastating civil war that had ended only in 1997.
KM#19 is part of a collector series issued by the National Bank — not a circulation piece.