Catalog
3 Somoni Anniversary of Kulob
| Issuer | National Bank of Tajikistan |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Currency | Somoni (2000-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central design featuring a highly ornate, symmetrical heraldic composition depicting two confronted lions flanking a central crowned sunburst motif, with elaborate foliate and scrollwork ornaments below. A decorative crown with radiating rays occupies the upper centre of the design, evoking the historic emblems of the city of Kulob. The bilingual circular legend 'СОЛАГИИ ш.КӮЛОБ • YEARS OF KULOB' runs along the upper border in Cyrillic and Latin scripts, while the numeral '2700' appears in the lower exergue, commemorating the 2,700th anniversary of the city. The entire design is rendered in high-relief proof finish against a mirror-polished field. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
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Kulob — one of Tajikistan's oldest cities, with settlement dating back over 2,700 years — was formally celebrated with this issue as part of Tajikistan's broader post-independence effort to anchor national identity in pre-Soviet antiquity. The anniversary coinage program accelerated sharply after 2000, when the government began systematically commissioning commemoratives tied to regional historical claims that had been suppressed or reframed during the Soviet period.