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Total commemorative banknotes issued is under 1,500 pieces. If you have achieved any figures close to this, then you are doing extremely well, as many of the older commemorative notes are hard to find even in poor conditions.

Opinion: Many collectors of commemorative banknotes would have come across with those Somaliland sets overprinted with gold and silver texts with the following wordings - 5th Anniversary of Independence 18 May 1996 [Sanad Gurade 5ee Gobanimadda 18 May 1996]. I believe these are "home made" (or fake) and not authorised by the central bank. My argument is simple. No central bank would have issued an overprint commemorative banknote that the texts are so large that it would cover the two signatures on the note as well as part of the serial numbers. Even if these are genuine notes, then these could be issued as souvenir sheets and not as legal tender. As I said before, this is my opinion. If you have paid top dollars for these, please think about my argument. There is always a sucker around the corner, including me of course!

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04 June 2026

...Tajikistan - 100 Somoni 25 Years of National Currency (2000-2025)

Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон
(Republic of Tajikistan)
 
Национальный банк Таджикистана
(National Bank of Tajikistan, Est.1991)
Currency - Somoni (TJS) 

 

On 30.10.2025, the National Bank of Tajikistan released a new 100 somoni commemorative note. This note was issued to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the creation of the national currency - Somoni. The Tajikistani somoni was named after Ismail Somoni (Ismail Samani).

Tajikistan gained independence from the Soviet Union on 09.09.1991, following the dissolution of the USSR. In 1994, it released its own currency call Tajik 'Rubl' (Rouble). In 1999 it introduced the new currency called 'Somoni'. The somoni currency is subdivided into 100 dirams.

The somoni currency was first introduced on 30.10.2000, replacing the rouble at the rate of 1 somoni = 1,000 roubles.

Since gaining independence in 1991, this is the first time that the central bank has issued a commemorative note. 

 

One Hundred Somoni 


Front - Portrait of Ismail Somoni (b.849-907) who was the founder of the first centralised state. His full name was Abu Ibrahim Ismail ibn-i Ahmad-i Samani and he was the Amir of the Samanid Empire from 892 to 907.  Printed in the center right is the Ismail Somoni mausoleum, which is located in the northwestern part of Bukhara in Uzbekistan, which is about 10 hours drive from Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan. The building was built in the 10th century and is the final resting place of Ismail Somoni. In the center left is the commemorative logo in Tajik language: -

25 СОЛАГИИ БАРОРИШИ ПУЛИ МИЛЛИИ СОМОНЙ
(25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL SOMONI CURRENCY)
 
Signatures
President - Emomalij Rahmon (Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmonov - since November 1994)
Bank Chairman - Tolibzoda Firdavs Nazrimad (since January 2024) 

Date - 2000-2025

Watermark - Portrait of Ismail Somoni

Sizes - 156mm x 66mm 

Back - The Parliament building (National Assembly) of Tajikistan is situated on the eastern side of Somoni Square in Dushanbe. The construction for this building commenced in 2020 and was completed in 2024. Prior to the completion of this building, the Parliament was situated in the former Supreme Soviet building on Dousti Square. The national map of Tajikistan is printed in the top right corner.


 

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