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3 Somoni Dushanbe City
| Issuer | National Bank of Tajikistan |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Value | 3 Somoni |
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| Reverse description | The copper-nickel centre depicts a statue of a standing figure set beneath a grand ornamental arch rendered in fine relief, with decorative cloud motifs flanking the arch. To the right of the arch, a circular cartouche bears the inscription '80 СОЛ' (80 years) in bold numerals, commemorating the 80th anniversary of Dushanbe as the capital of Tajikistan. The outer brass ring carries the Cyrillic legend 'ПОЙТАҲТИ ТОҶИКИСТОН ш.ДУШАНБЕ' (Capital of Tajikistan, city of Dushanbe) along the upper arc, with the date range '1924-2004' along the lower arc, flanked by star ornaments. |
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| Reverse lettering | ПОЙТАҲТИ ТОҶИКИСТОН ш.ДУШАНБЕ ★ 1924-2004 ★ (Translation: The capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe 80 years) |
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Dushanbe, whose name translates roughly as "Monday" in Tajik — derived from the weekly bazaar once held there — became the capital of Soviet Tajikistan in 1929. The 3 somoni denomination itself reflects a decimal system introduced only in 2000, when Tajikistan redenominated at 1,000 old Tajik rubles to one somoni, ending a currency that had hemorrhaged value through the brutal civil war of the 1990s.