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3 Somoni
| Issuer | National Bank of Tajikistan |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | БОНКИ МИЛЛИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН 3 СЕ СОМОНӢ (Translation: National Bank of Tajikistan, Three Somonī) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Tajikistan adopted the somoni in 2000, replacing the Tajik ruble at a rate of 1000:1 following a decade of post-Soviet economic collapse and civil war that had rendered the ruble effectively worthless. The somoni itself was named after Ismoil Somoni, the 9th-century Samanid ruler claimed as a founding figure of Tajik national identity — a deliberate political choice by a government still working to establish cultural legitimacy after the 1992–97 civil war.
The 3-somoni denomination is an uncommon face value by international standards, reflecting the fractured purchasing power environment of the early 2000s Tajik economy. Giesecke & Devrient have handled Tajik banknote production across multiple series, with the Leipzig facility responsible for this 2010 print run.