1 Somoni

The somoni replaced the Tajik ruble in 2000 at a rate of 1,000 to one, part of a post-Soviet monetary stabilization that took nearly a decade to implement after independence. Named for Ismoil Somoni, the 9th-century Samanid ruler claimed as a founding cultural figure of Tajik national identity, the currency was a deliberate political choice to anchor the new state to a pre-Russian past.

KM#56 represents the third distinct coinage family for this denomination since the currency's introduction, with nickel brass replacing earlier bimetallic formats.