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5 Somoni
| Issuer | National Bank of Tajikistan |
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| Year | 2000-2010 |
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| Reference(s) | P#15 |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents the Mausoleum of Abūabdullohi Rūdakī, situated in the Panjakent district, rendered against a guilloche underprint. The National Flag of Tajikistan appears to the upper right, complementing the architectural subject within a decorative border framework. |
| Reverse lettering | NATIONAL BANK OF TAJIKISTAN FIVE SOMONİ БАРОИ ҚАЛБАКӢ СОХТАНИ БИЛЕТҲОИ БОНКИ МИЛЛИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН МУВОФИҚИ ҚОНУН ҶАЗО ДОДА МЕШОВАД (Translation: Counterfeit banknotes of the National Bank of Tajikistan shall be punished in accordance with the law) |
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The somoni replaced the Tajik ruble in 2000 at a rate of 1,000 to 1, a redenomination made necessary by the catastrophic inflation that followed both the Soviet collapse and the civil war that consumed the country from 1992 to 1997. The 5 somoni sits at the low end of the original series, which was introduced simultaneously with the currency reform rather than phased in — an unusual clean-break approach for a post-Soviet state still dependent on Russian monetary infrastructure.
The series was printed by De La Rue. Security provision on lower denominations of this period was minimal by regional standards — watermark and thread only, with no optically variable elements.