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500 Somoni Opera
| Issuer | National Bank of Tajikistan |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 500 Somoni |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ҶУМҲУРИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN Ag 925 31,1 500 СОМОНӢ 2014 (Translation: Republic of Tajikistan 500 Somonii) |
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Issued to mark the 1000th anniversary of the Shahnameh — the Persian epic poem composed by Ferdowsi around 1010 AD — this coin sits within a broader Tajik commemorative program that uses numismatic releases to assert cultural ties to Persian literary heritage. Tajikistan's claim to Ferdowsi is contested; the poet was born in Tus, in present-day Iran, and Persian and Tajik national identities have long disputed his legacy along linguistic and political lines.