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5 Somoni Abuabdullo Rudaki
| Issuer | National Bank of Tajikistan |
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| Year | 2008 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the large numeral '5' within an ornate cartouche framed by stylised floral and vegetal motifs in a traditional Central Asian decorative style. The national emblem of Tajikistan is positioned above the numeral. The silver fineness mark 'Ag 925' appears to the right of the central design, and the date '2008' is inscribed below. The circular legend 'ҶУМҲУРИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН' runs along the upper periphery, with 'ПАНҶ СОМОНӢ' along the lower periphery, both separated by star ornaments. |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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Rudaki — the 9th-century Persian poet credited with establishing classical Dari Persian as a literary language — spent decades at the Samanid court in Bukhara before falling from favor, reportedly blinded and exiled in his final years. The circumstances of his disgrace remain disputed; some sources attribute it to political intrigue, others to religious accusations. Tajikistan has claimed him as a founding figure of its national cultural identity since independence, and the National Bank has issued several commemoratives in his name across different series.
KM#22 belongs to a run of silver issues produced in the late 2000s as Tajikistan expanded its numismatic program following years of post-civil-war economic recovery.