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100 Somoni Parliament
| Issuer | National Bank of Tajikistan |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the national coat of arms of Tajikistan, depicting an open book in the exergue surmounted by a rising sun with radiating rays, a crown above, flanked by a cotton plant to the left and a wheat sheaf to the right, all within a wreath. The Cyrillic legend ҶУМҲУРИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН (Republic of Tajikistan) arcs around the upper periphery, while the denomination САД СОМОНӢ (One Hundred Somoni) appears along the lower periphery, with the gold fineness mark Au 900 inscribed in the lower left field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the fifteenth anniversary of Tajikistan's independence, this piece was struck while the country was still consolidating political stability following one of the most destructive civil wars in post-Soviet history — a conflict that killed an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 people between 1992 and 1997 and left the national economy in ruins. The parliament commemorated here had only been functioning under the 1994 constitution for roughly a decade when this coin was produced.
Tajikistan's gold coinage program in this period was modest in scope, with most commemorative issues produced in very limited numbers for collector distribution rather than circulation.