Catalog
20 Somoni
| Issuer | National Bank of Tajikistan |
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| Year | 2013-2017 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Hisor Fortress (Қалъаи Ҳисор) rendered in brown intaglio, with its characteristic twin-towered gate and stepped approach. To the right, traditional Tajik artifacts including a decorated vessel and a cap are presented against a light blue guilloche underprint, with the national flag of Tajikistan printed in color in the upper right corner and the denomination numeral '20' at upper right. |
| Reverse lettering | NATIONAL BANK OF TAJIKISTAN TWENTY SOMONI БАРОИ ҚАЛБАКӢ СОХТАНИ БИЛЕТҲОИ БОНКИ МИЛЛИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН МУВОФИҚИ ҚОНУН ҶАЗО ДОДА МЕШАВАД (Translation: Counterfeit banknotes of the National Bank of Tajikistan shall be punished in accordance with the law) |
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The somoni series was introduced in 2000 when Tajikistan replaced the transitional Tajik ruble, itself only a few years old — the country had been through two currency overhauls within a decade, largely as a consequence of the civil war that ended in 1997 and the economic collapse that accompanied it. The 20 somoni denomination sits in the middle of a series that was clearly designed with modest transaction values in mind for a still-recovering economy.
P#25A distinguishes this date range from the earlier P#25 issues. The security specification for this denomination remained conservative relative to contemporaneous regional issues.