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50 Somoni
| Issuer | National Bank of Tajikistan |
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| Year | 2018-2022 |
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| Currency | Somoni (2000-date) |
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| Obverse description | At centre, a portrait of Bobojon Ghafurov (1908–1977), the distinguished Tajik historian and academician, is rendered against a dense guilloche underprint. Cyrillic inscriptions identifying the National Bank of Tajikistan run above the portrait, with the denomination stated both in numeral and in full text below. |
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| Reverse lettering | NATIONAL BANK OF TAJIKISTAN FIFTY 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 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.