Tajikistani somoni 736978 210676983 2008-05-06T22:40:58Z Mr Stephen 863017 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/SacKing|SacKing]] ([[User talk:SacKing|talk]]) to last version by Yzb {{Infobox Currency | currency_name_in_local = Сомонӣ <small>{{tg icon}}</small> | image_1= 5 Somoni TJ 2001.gif | image_title_1 = 5 somoni obverse and reverse. | iso_code = TJS | using_countries = {{TJK}} | inflation_rate = 11.9% | inflation_source_date = ''[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2092.html The World Factbook]'', 2006 est. | subunit_ratio_1 = 1/100 | subunit_name_1 = diram | plural = somoni | plural_subunit_1 = diram | used_coins = 5, 10, 20, 25, 50 diram, 1, 3, 5 somoni | used_banknotes = 1, 5, 20, 50 diram, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 somoni | issuing_authority = [[National Bank of Tajikistan]] | issuing_authority_website = www.nbt.tj }} {{redirect|TJS|[[Toonami]]'s free online service|Toonami Jetstream}} The '''somoni''' ({{lang-tg|cомонӣ}}, [[ISO 4217]] code: TJS) is the currency of [[Tajikistan]]. It is subdivided into 100 diram ({{lang-tg|дирам}}). The currency is named after the father of the [[Tajik]] nation, [[Ismail Samani]] (also spelled Ismoil Somoni). __TOC__ ==History== The somoni was introduced on [[October 30]], [[2000]],<ref>{{cite web | author= [[National Bank of Tajikistan]] | url= http://www.nbt.tj/en/?c=3&id=3 | title= Banknotes and coins | accessdate=2007-05-19}}</ref> it replaced the [[Tajikistani ruble]], at the rate of 1 somoni = 1000 rubles. {{-}} ==Coins== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%" !colspan="11"|The Current Series [http://www.nbt.tj/en/?c=3&id=15] |- !colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value !!colspan="4"| Technical parameters !!colspan="3"| Description !!rowspan="2"| Date of minting |- ! Reverse !! Obverse !! Diameter !! Thickness !! Mass !! Composition !! Edge !! Obverse !! Reverse |- {{Coin-yellow-color}} |align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"| [[Image:5 Dirams TJ 2001.gif|82.5px]] | 5 diram | 16.5 mm | 1.35 mm | 2 g |rowspan="3"| See [[#Remarks|remark 1]] |rowspan="5"|Plain |rowspan="5"| Tajik 7-star crown, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон"<sup>[[#Remarks|2]]</sup>, year of minting |rowspan="5"| Value |rowspan="5"| 2001 |- {{Coin-yellow-color}} |align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"| [[Image:10 Dirams TJ 2001.gif|87.5px]] | 10 diram | 17.5 mm | 1.4 mm | 2.4 g |- {{Coin-yellow-color}} |align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"| [[Image:20 Dirams TJ 2001.gif|92.5px]] | 20 diram | 18.5 mm | 1.4 mm | 2.7 g |- {{Coin-yellow-color}} |align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"| [[Image:25 Dirams TJ 2001.gif|95px]] | 25 diram | 19 mm | 1.4 mm | 2.76 g |rowspan="2"| [[Brass]] |- {{Coin-yellow-color}} |align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"| [[Image:50 Dirams TJ 2001.gif|105px]] | 50 diram | 21 mm | 1.45 mm | 3.6 g |- {{Coin-silver-color}} |align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"| [[Image:1 Somoni TJ 2001.gif|120px]] | 1 somoni | 24 mm | 1.6 mm | 5.2 g |rowspan="3"| See [[#Remarks|remark 3]] | Reeded and plain sections | [[Ismail Samani]], "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", value, |rowspan="3"|Value and the Tajik 7-star crown, year of minting |rowspan="3"| 2001 |- {{Coin-silver-color}} |align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"| [[Image:3 Somoni TJ 2001.gif|127.5px]] | 3 somoni | 25.5 mm | 1.8 mm | 6.3 g | Lettered | [[Coat of arms of Tajikistan|Coat of arms]], "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", value |- {{Coin-silver-color}} |align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"| [[Image:5 Somoni TJ 2001.gif|132.5px]] | 5 somoni | 26.5 mm | 1.85 mm | 7 g | Reeded and plain sections with a star | [[Rudaki|Abuabdullo Rudaki]], "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", value, "Рӯдакӣ"<sup>[[#Remarks|4]]</sup> |- |colspan="11"|{{Standard coin table notice|standard_scale=Y|BrE=Y}} |} ===Remarks=== #''Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1901-present, 31st ed.'' states that the composition for 5, 10, and 20 diram is [[brass]] clad [[steel]], while the Central Bank states "bi-metal (cupro-zinc-steel-cupro-zinc)". # "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== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%" !colspan="10"|The Current Series [http://www.nbt.tj/en/?c=3&id=14] |- !colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value !!rowspan="2"| Dimensions !!rowspan="2"| Main Colour !!colspan="3"| Description !!colspan="2"| Date of |- ! Obverse !! Reverse !! Obverse !! Reverse !! Watermark !! printing !! issue |- |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/1_ad1.jpg] |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/1_adb.jpg] | 1 diram |rowspan="4"| 100 × 60 mm | Brown | [[Sadriddin Ayni]] Theatre and Opera House | [[Pamir Mountains]] |rowspan="4"|Two mountains over rectangle |rowspan="10"| 1999 |rowspan="10"| 2000 |- |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/5_ad.jpg] |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/5_adb.jpg] | 5 diram | Blue | [[Arbob Culture Palace]] | Shrine of [[Mirzo Tursunzoda]] |- |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/20_ad.jpg] |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/20_adb.jpg] | 20 diram | Green | Meetings Hall of the National Bank of Tajikistan | Mountain road |- |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/50_ad.jpg] |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/50_adb.jpg] | 50 diram | Purple | [[Ismail Samani]] | Mountain valley |- |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/1_a.jpg] |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/1_b.jpg] | 1 somoni | 141 × 65 mm | Green | [[Mirzo Tursunzoda]] | [[National Bank of Tajikistan]] |rowspan="6"|As portrait |- |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/5_a.jpg] |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/5_b.jpg] | 5 somoni | 144 × 65 mm | Blue | [[Sadriddin Ayni]] | Shrine of [[Rudaki|Abuabdullo Rudaki]] |- |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/10_a.jpg] |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/10_b.jpg] | 10 somoni | 147 × 65 mm | Red | [[Mir Said Alii Hamadoni]] | The tomb of [[Mir Said Alii Hamadoni]] |- |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/20_a.jpg] |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/20_b.jpg] | 20 somoni | 150 × 65 mm | Yellow-brown | [[Abuali ibn Sino]] | Hissar Castle |- |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/50_a.jpg] |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/50_b.jpg] | 50 somoni | 153 × 65 mm | Blue | [[Bobojon Gafurov]] | [[Chaikhana Sino|Chaikhana (teahouse) Sino]] |- |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/100_a.jpg] |align="center"| [http://www.nbt.tj/en/files/images/100_b.jpg] | 100 somoni | 156 × 65 mm | Brown | [[Ismail Samani]] | [[Presidential Palace of Tajikistan|Presidential Palace]] |- |colspan="10"|{{Standard banknote table notice|BrE=Y}} |} {{Exchange Rate|TJS|RUB| note = These rates could be substantially different from the rates the central bank publishes| }} Somoni is the highest-valued currency unit in Central Asia. ==See also== *[[Economy of Tajikistan]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{refbegin}} *{{numis cite SCWC|date=2004}} *{{numis cite SCWPM|date=2005}} {{refend}} == External links == {{Standard numismatics external links | world_coin_gallery_1_url = Tajikistan | world_coin_gallery_1_name = Tajikistan | banknote_world_1_url = tajikistan | banknote_world_1_name = Tajikistan | dollarization_1_url = asia | dollarization_1_name = Asia | gfd_1_url = Tajikistan | gfd_1_name = Tajikistan | gfd_data_1_url = | gfd_data_1_name = | show_gfd_excel = Y }} * [http://coins.russian.ru/indexe.htm Coins of former Soviet republics] * [http://worldcoinnews.blogspot.com/search?q=tajikistan Latest coin releases] {{n-start}} {{n-before|currency=[[Tajikistani ruble]]|ratio=1 somoni = 1000 rubles|reason=inflation}} {{n-currency|location=[[Tajikistan]]|start=[[2000]]}} {{n-after}} {{n-end}} {{Currencies of Asia}} {{Currencies of post-Soviet states}} [[Category:Economy of Tajikistan]] [[be-x-old:Сомані]] [[ca:Somoni]] [[de:Somoni]] [[el:Σομόνι]] [[es:Somoni]] [[eo:Somoni]] [[fa:سامانی (واحد پول)]] [[fr:Somoni]] [[id:Somoni]] [[hu:Tádzsik szomoni]] [[nl:Somoni]] [[pl:Somoni]] [[ru:Сомони]] [[sv:Somoni]] [[tg:Сомони]] [[tr:Somoni]]