# Tajikistani somoni

The somoni (ISO 4217 code: TJS, abbreviated: SM) is the currency of Tajikistan. It is subdivided into 100 dirams.

## History

The somoni was introduced on 30 October 2000, replacing the rouble, at the rate of SM 1 = 1,000 Rbls.
One somoni is divided into 100 dirams. Diram banknotes were first introduced on 30 October 2000, and coins were later introduced in 2001 with the intention of creating a more efficient monetary system and gradually replacing the diram notes. This was also the first time circulating coins were used in Tajikistan since independence in 1991.

## Coins

Circulation coins, first issued in 2001, were struck in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 25, and 50 dirams composed of brass-clad steel and SM 1, SM 3, and SM 5 struck in nickel-clad steel. Bimetallic SM 3 and SM 5 coins were first released in 2003. The reverses of all somoni coins are changed annually and commemorate various events. A second issue dated 2011 was issued in June 2012, and included 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 dirams and SM 1. A third series of somoni coins was issued in 2018 in denominations of SM 1, SM 3 and SM 5.
Tajikistan coins are struck by Goznak at the Saint Petersburg Mint in Russia.
The First Series :
| Image | Image | Value | Technical parameters | Technical parameters | Technical parameters | Technical parameters | Description | Description | Description | Date of minting |
| Reverse | Obverse | Value | Diameter | Thickness | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Date of minting |
| | | 5 dirams | 16.5 mm | 1.35 mm | 2 g | brass-clad steel | Plain | Tajik 7-star crown, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", year of minting | Value | 2001 |
| | | 10 dirams | 17.5 mm | 1.4 mm | 2.4 g | brass-clad steel | Plain | Tajik 7-star crown, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", year of minting | Value | 2001 |
| | | 20 dirams | 18.5 mm | 1.4 mm | 2.7 g | brass-clad steel | Plain | Tajik 7-star crown, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", year of minting | Value | 2001 |
| | | 25 diram | 19 mm | 1.4 mm | 2.76 g | Brass | Plain | Tajik 7-star crown, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", year of minting | Value | 2001 |
| | | 50 diram | 21 mm | 1.45 mm | 3.6 g | Brass | Plain | Tajik 7-star crown, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", year of minting | Value | 2001 |
| | | SM 1 | 24 mm | 1.6 mm | 5.2 g | | Reeded and plain sections | Ismail Samani, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", value, | Value and the Tajik 7-star crown, year of minting | 2001 |
| | | SM 3 | 25.5 mm | 1.8 mm | 6.3 g | | Lettered | Coat of arms, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", value | Value and the Tajik 7-star crown, year of minting | 2001 |
| | | SM 5 | 26.5 mm | 1.85 mm | 7 g | | Reeded and plain sections with a star | Abuabdullo Rudaki, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", value, "Рӯдакӣ" | Value and the Tajik 7-star crown, year of minting | 2001 |
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### Second series (2011)

The Second Series :
| Image | Image | Value | Technical parameters | Technical parameters | Technical parameters | Technical parameters | Description | Description | Description | Date of minting |
| Reverse | Obverse | Value | Diameter | Thickness | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Date of minting |
| | | 1 diram | 14.5 mm | 1.3 mm | 1.3 g | Brass-clad steel | Plain | Coat of arms, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", year of minting | Value | 2011 |
| | | 2 diram | 16 mm | 1.4 mm | 1.6 g | Brass-clad steel | Plain | Coat of arms, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", year of minting | Value | 2011 |
| | | 5 diram | 18 mm | 1.5 mm | 2 g | Copper-clad brass | Plain | Coat of arms, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", year of minting | Value | 2011 |
| | | 10 diram | 20.5 mm | 1.7 mm | 3 g | Copper-clad brass | Plain | Coat of arms, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", year of minting | Value | 2011 |
| | | 20 diram | 23.5 mm | 1.8 mm | 4.5 g | Copper-clad brass | Corrugated | Coat of arms, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", year of minting | Value | 2011 |
| | | 50 diram | 26 mm | 2 mm | 5.5 g | Copper-clad brass | reeded | Coat of arms, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", year of minting | Value | 2011 |
| | | SM 1 | 27 mm | 1.6 mm | 5.2 g | Cupronickel-clad steel | reeded | Coat of arms, "ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон", year of minting | Value | 2011 |
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### Third series (2018)

A third series of somoni coins was issued in 2018 in denominations of SM 1, SM 3 and SM 5.
The Third Series :
| Image | Image | Value | Technical parameters | Technical parameters | Technical parameters | Technical parameters | Description | Description | Description | Date of minting |
| Reverse | Obverse | Value | Diameter | Thickness | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Date of minting |
| | | SM 1 | 24.5 mm | 1.8 mm | 5.8 g | Nickel-brass | Reeded | Country name, Mirzo Tursunzoda | Value and the year of minting | 2018 |
| | | SM 3 | 25.5 mm | 1.8 mm | 6.3 g | Nickel-brass | Plain with lettered inscription "СЕ СОМОНӢ" | Country name, Shirinsho Shotemur | Value and the year of minting | 2018 |
| | | SM 5 | 26.5 mm | 1.85 mm | 7.0 g | Nickel-brass | Reeded | Country name, Sadriddin Aynii | Value and the Tajik 7-star crown, year of minting | 2018 |
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## Banknotes

Banknotes of 1, 5, 20, and 50 dirams, SM 1, SM 5, SM 10, SM 20, SM 50, and SM 100 were printed in 1999 and issued in 2000. Along with a SM 3 note in 2010, inflationary pressure since the introduction of the somoni resulted in the issuing of SM 200 and SM 500 somoni notes that year. The SM 5, SM 10, SM 20, SM 50, and SM 100 somoni notes were reissued in 2013, bearing the year 1999. In 2021, the National Bank of Tajikistan issued a SM 100 banknote, similar to the original issue, but now featuring an image of the Navruz Palace on the back side of the note, replacing the image of the Presidential Palace on the previous issues of the denomination.
The Current Series :
| Image | Image | Value | Dimensions | Main Colour | Description | Description | Description | Date of | 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 |
| | | 5 dirams | 100 × 60 mm | Blue | Arbob Cultural Palace | Shrine of Mirzo Tursunzoda | Two mountains over rectangle | 1999 | 2000 |
| | | 20 dirams | 100 × 60 mm | Green | Meetings Hall of the National Bank of Tajikistan | Mountain road | Two mountains over rectangle | 1999 | 2000 |
| | | 50 dirams | 100 × 60 mm | Purple | Ismoili Somoni | Mountain valley | Two mountains over rectangle | 1999 | 2000 |
| | | SM 1 | 141 × 65 mm | Green | Mirzo Tursunzoda | National Bank of Tajikistan | Portrait | 1999 | 2000 |
| | | SM 3 | 141 × 65 mm | Violet | Shirinsho Shotemur | Majlisi Oli | Portrait | 2010 | 2010 |
| | | SM 5 | 144 × 65 mm | Blue | Sadriddin Ayni | Shrine of Abuabdullo Rudaki | Portrait | 1999 | 2000 2010 2013 2017 2018 |
| | | SM 10 | 147 × 65 mm | Red | Mir Said Alii Hamadoni | Tomb of Mir Said Alii Hamadoni | Portrait | 1999 | 2000 2010 2013 2017 2018 |
| | | SM 20 | 150 × 65 mm | Yellow-brown | Abuali ibn Sino | Hissar Castle | Portrait | 1999 | 2000 2010 2013 2017 2018 |
| | | SM 50 | 153 × 65 mm | Blue | Bobojon Gafurov | Chaikhana (teahouse) Sino | Portrait | 1999 | 2000 2010 2013 2017 2018 |
| | | SM 100 | 156 × 65 mm | Brown | Ismoili Somoni | Presidential Palace | Portrait | 1999 | 2000 2010 2013 2017 2018 |
| | | SM 200 | 159 x 68 mm | Brown and Yellow | Nusratullo Maksum | National Library building in Dushanbe | Portrait | 2010 | 2010 2018 |
| | | SM 500 | 162 x 71 mm | Purple and Gray | Abuabdullo Rudaki | Palace of Nations in Dushanbe | Portrait | 2010 | 2010 2018 |
| These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table. ||||||||||