Tajikistani somoni

Сомонӣ (Tajik)

5 somoni obverse and reverse.

ISO 4217 code TJS

User(s) Tajikistan

Inflation 11.9%

Source The World Factbook, 2006 est.

Subunit

1/100 diram

Plural somoni

diram diram

Coins 5, 10, 20, 25, 50 diram, 1, 3, 5 somoni

Banknotes 1, 5, 20, 50 diram, 1, 3, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 somoni

Central bank

National Bank of Tajikistan

Website www.nbt.tj

For other articles see the TJ disambiguation page

The somoni (Tajik: cомонӣ, ISO 4217 code: TJS) is the currency of Tajikistan. It is subdivided into 100 diram (Tajik: дирам). The currency is named after the father of the Tajik nation, Ismail Samani (also spelled Ismoil Somoni).

1 History
2 Coins
- 2.1 Remarks
3 Banknotes
4 See also
5 References

History

The somoni was introduced on October 30, 2000;^[1] it replaced the Tajikistani ruble, at the rate of 1 somoni = 1000 rubles.

Coins

The Current Series [1]
Image		Value	Technical parameters				Description			Date of minting
Reverse	Obverse	Value	Diameter	Thickness	Mass	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse	Date of minting
		5 diram	16.5 mm	1.35 mm	2 g	brass-clad steel	Plain	Tajik 7-star crown, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон"¹, year of minting	Value	2001
		10 diram	17.5 mm	1.4 mm	2.4 g
		20 diram	18.5 mm	1.4 mm	2.7 g
		25 diram	19 mm	1.4 mm	2.76 g	Brass
		50 diram	21 mm	1.45 mm	3.6 g	Brass
		1 somoni	24 mm	1.6 mm	5.2 g	See remark 2	Reeded and plain sections	Ismail Samani, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", value,	Value and the Tajik 7-star crown, year of minting	2001
		3 somoni	25.5 mm	1.8 mm	6.3 g		Lettered	Coat of arms, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", value
		5 somoni	26.5 mm	1.85 mm	7 g		Reeded and plain sections with a star	Abuabdullo Rudaki, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", value, "Рӯдакӣ"³
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table.

Remarks

"ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон" = "Republic of Tajikistan"
Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1901–present, 31st ed. states that the composition for 1, 3, and 5 som is cupronickel-zinc, while the Central Bank states cupronickel.
"Рӯдакӣ" = "Rudaki"

Banknotes

The Current Series [2]
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Description			Date of
Obverse	Reverse	Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	Watermark	printing	issue
		1 diram	100 × 60 mm	Brown	Sadriddin Ayni Theatre and Opera House	Pamir Mountains	Two mountains over rectangle	1999	2000 2010
		5 diram		Blue	Arbob Cultural Palace	Shrine of Mirzo Tursunzoda
		20 diram		Green	Meetings Hall of the National Bank of Tajikistan	Mountain road
		50 diram		Purple	Ismail Samani	Mountain valley
		1 somoni	141 × 65 mm	Green	Mirzo Tursunzoda	National Bank of Tajikistan	As portrait
		3 somoni	141 x 65 mm	Violet	Shirinsho Shotemur	Majlisi Oli (parliament) building in Dushanbe
		5 somoni	144 × 65 mm	Blue	Sadriddin Ayni	Shrine of Abuabdullo Rudaki
		10 somoni	147 × 65 mm	Red	Mir Said Alii Hamadoni	The tomb of Mir Said Alii Hamadoni
		20 somoni	150 × 65 mm	Yellow-brown	Abuali ibn Sino	Hissar Castle
		50 somoni	153 × 65 mm	Blue	Bobojon Gafurov	Chaikhana (teahouse) Sino
		100 somoni	156 × 65 mm	Brown	Ismail Samani	Presidential Palace
		200 somoni	159 x 68 mm	Brown and Yellow	Nusratullo Makhsum	National Library building in Dushanbe
		500 somoni	162 x 71 mm	Purple and Gray	Abuabdullo Rudaki	Palace of Nations in Dushanbe	-	For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Current TJS exchange rates
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Note: These rates could be substantially different from the rates the central bank publishes

Somoni is the second-highest-valued currency unit in Central Asia.

References

^ National Bank of Tajikistan. "Banknotes and coins". Archived from the original on 2007-04-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070429222727/http://www.nbt.tj/en/?c=3&id=3. Retrieved 2007-05-19.

Krause, Chester L., and Clifford Mishler (2003). 2004 Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1901–Present. Colin R. Bruce II (senior editor) (31st ed. ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0873495934.
Cuhaj, George S. (editor) (2005). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: Modern Issues 1961-Date (11th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0-89689-160-7.

Preceded by: Tajikistani ruble Reason: inflation Ratio: 1 somoni = 1000 rubles	Currency of Tajikistan 2000 –	Succeeded by: Current

Currencies of Asia

Central	Kazakhstani tenge · Kyrgyzstani som · Tajikistani somoni · Turkmenistan manat · Uzbekistani som

East	Chinese yuan · Hong Kong dollar · Japanese yen · North Korean won · South Korean won · Macanese pataca · Mongolian tögrög · New Taiwan dollar

North	Russian ruble

South	Bangladeshi taka · Bhutanese ngultrum · Indian rupee (Bhutan) · Maldivian rufiyaa · Nepalese rupee · Pakistani rupee · Sri Lankan rupee · U.S. dollar (British Indian Ocean Territory)

Southeast	Brunei dollar (Singapore) · Burmese kyat · Cambodian riel · East Timorese centavo (East Timor) · Indonesian rupiah · Lao kip · Malaysian ringgit · Philippine peso · Singapore dollar (Brunei) · Thai baht · U.S. dollar · Vietnamese đồng

West	Abkhazian apsar (unrecognized) · Afghan afghani · Armenian dram (Nagorno-Karabakh) · Azerbaijani manat · Bahraini dinar · Egyptian pound (Gaza Strip) · Euro (Cyprus) · Georgian lari · Iranian rial · Iraqi dinar · Israeli new shekel (Palestinian territories) · Jordanian dinar (West Bank) · Kuwaiti dinar · Lebanese pound · Nagorno-Karabakh dram (unrecognized) · Omani rial · Russian ruble (Abkhazia, South Ossetia) · Qatari riyal · Saudi riyal · Syrian pound · Turkish lira (Northern Cyprus) · UAE dirham · Yemeni rial

Currencies of post-Soviet states

in circulation	Abkhazian apsar (unrecognized) · Armenian dram · Azerbaijani manat · Belarusian ruble · Euro (Estonia) · Georgian lari · Kazakhstani tenge · Kyrgyzstani som · Latvian lats · Lithuanian litas · Moldovan leu · Nagorno-Karabakh dram (unrecognized) · Russian ruble (Russia and Abkhazia (unrecognized) and South Ossetia (unrecognized)) · Tajikistani somoni · Transnistrian ruble (unrecognized) · Turkmenistan manat · Ukrainian hryvnia · Uzbekistani som

obsolete	Chechen naxar (unrecognized) · Estonian kroon · Georgian kupon lari · Latvian rublis · Lithuanian talonas · Moldovan cupon · Soviet ruble · Tajikistani ruble · Ukrainian karbovanets