The 100 Somoni – a Page of Tajikistan History

At the recent HSP Asia conference, Tajikistan’s new 100 somoni note celebrating the 25th anniversary of the national currency won the award for Best New Commemorative Banknote.

The somoni is one of the most secure currencies in the world, and this banknote follows the principle, being adorned with leading edge security features RollingStar Patch and RollingStar® Venus with both Color MotifFlip® and ColorFlip® (registered) on the back. It was printed on 100% organic cotton by Giesecke+Devrient.

Tajkistan is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia bordering Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. Its capital is Dushanbe and it has a population of 10.7 million After Tajikistan gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the Soviet ruble remained in use until the end of 1993. In 1994 it was replaced by the Russian ruble, and on 6 May 1995, the Tajik ruble appeared. The current national currency – the somoni (TJS), named after the 9th century ruler Ismoil Somoni – was introduced on 30 October 2000.