Tajikistani somoni
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Tajikistani somoni | |||
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Сомонӣ (Tajik) | |||
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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, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 somoni | ||
Central bank | National Bank of Tajikistan | ||
Website | www.nbt.tj |
"TJS" redirects here. For the online broadband service, see Toonami Jetstream.
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).
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[edit] History
The somoni was introduced on October 30, 2000;[1] it replaced the Tajikistani ruble, at the rate of 1 somoni = 1000 rubles.
[edit] Coins
The Current Series [1] | ||||||||||
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Image | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of minting | ||||||
Reverse | Obverse | Diameter | Thickness | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | ||
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 | |||||||
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. |
[edit] 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"
[edit] Banknotes
The Current Series [2] | |||||||||
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Image | Value | Dimensions | Main Colour | Description | Date of | ||||
Obverse | Reverse | Obverse | Reverse | Watermark | printing | issue | |||
[3] | [4] | 1 diram | 100 × 60 mm | Brown | Sadriddin Ayni Theatre and Opera House | Pamir Mountains | Two mountains over rectangle | 1999 | 2000 |
[5] | [6] | 5 diram | Blue | Arbob Culture Palace | Shrine of Mirzo Tursunzoda | ||||
[7] | [8] | 20 diram | Green | Meetings Hall of the National Bank of Tajikistan | Mountain road | ||||
[9] | [10] | 50 diram | Purple | Ismail Samani | Mountain valley | ||||
[11] | [12] | 1 somoni | 141 × 65 mm | Green | Mirzo Tursunzoda | National Bank of Tajikistan | As portrait | ||
[13] | [14] | 5 somoni | 144 × 65 mm | Blue | Sadriddin Ayni | Shrine of Abuabdullo Rudaki | |||
[15] | [16] | 10 somoni | 147 × 65 mm | Red | Mir Said Alii Hamadoni | The tomb of Mir Said Alii Hamadoni | |||
[17] | [18] | 20 somoni | 150 × 65 mm | Yellow-brown | Abuali ibn Sino | Hissar Castle | |||
[19] | [20] | 50 somoni | 153 × 65 mm | Blue | Bobojon Gafurov | Chaikhana (teahouse) Sino | |||
[21] | [22] | 100 somoni | 156 × 65 mm | Brown | Ismail Samani | Presidential Palace | |||
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.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ National Bank of Tajikistan. "Banknotes and coins". 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 |
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