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50 Somoni

Issuer National Bank of Tajikistan
Year 2018-2022
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Currency Somoni (2000-date)
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Obverse lettering БОНКИ МИЛЛИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН 50 ПАНҶОҲ СОМОНӢ
(Translation: National Bank of Tajikistan, Fifty Somonī)
Reverse description The reverse presents a vignette of the Sino Teahouse in the Isfara district, accompanied by a decorative tea kettle motif and the National Flag of Tajikistan set within an intricate guilloche background. Anti-counterfeiting text in Cyrillic script runs along the lower portion of the note.
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The somoni series was introduced in 2000 when Tajikistan replaced the Tajik ruble — itself a transitional currency that had replaced Soviet rubles only eight years earlier — making this one of the younger circulating denominations in post-Soviet Central Asia. The 50 somoni sits near the top of the everyday cash denominations in a country where large transactions still predominantly run on physical currency.

The P#26C designation marks the third signature variety within what is otherwise an unchanged design run. Signature changes of this type reflect Tajikistan's relatively frequent rotation of central bank governors since independence, not a reissue driven by security concerns.

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