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100 Somoni 25th Anniversary of National Currency
| Issuer | National Bank of Tajikistan |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Currency | Somoni (2000-date) |
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| Obverse description | At center, an intaglio vignette of the Mausoleum of Ismoil Somonī in Bukhara, rendered in fine architectural detail against a light guilloche underprint. At upper left, the large numeral "100" in bold letterpress, with the Tajik inscription «САД СОМОНӢ» to the right; the Tajikistan national flag appears at upper right alongside a circular emblem. A portrait vignette of Abu Ibrohim Ismoili ibni Ahmad Somonī (849–907), founder of the Samanid state, is positioned at the lower right. The issuer inscription «БОНКИ МИЛЛИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН» runs vertically along the left margin. |
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| Reverse description | A central vignette presents the National Assembly (Majlisi Oli) building of Tajikistan in Dushanbe, executed in detailed intaglio line work with a domed roof and classical colonnaded facade, set against a multicolored guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral "100" appears in the lower left, and anti-counterfeiting text in Tajik script is printed in small letterpress across the lower portion of the note. |
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Tajikistan introduced the somoni in October 2000, replacing the Tajik ruble at a rate of 1,000 to one — a currency reform that came at the tail end of a brutal civil war that had gutted the country's economy through most of the 1990s. The 25th anniversary issue is a commemorative in the strict sense: a circulating denomination dressed for an occasion, printed by G+D Leipzig, which has handled Tajik banknote production for much of the somoni's existence.
Watermark-only security is modest for a 2025 issue, even a commemorative one.