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500 Somoni
| Issuer | National Bank of Tajikistan |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a portrait of Abūabdullohi Rūdakī (858–941), the Persian-language poet widely regarded as the founder of classical Tajik literature, rendered in an engraved style against a decorative guilloche underprint. Inscriptions in Cyrillic Tajik script identify the issuing authority and denomination across the upper and lower registers of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | NATIONAL BANK OF TAJIKISTAN FIVE HUNDRED SOMONİ БАРОИ ҚАЛБАКӢ СОХТАНИ БИЛЕТҲОИ БОНКИ МИЛЛИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН МУВОФИҚИ ҚОНУН ҶАЗО ДОДА МЕШОВАД (Translation: Counterfeit banknotes of the National Bank of Tajikistan shall be punished in accordance with the law) |
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Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig facility has printed currency for dozens of central banks, but Tajikistan's high-denomination Somoni series represents some of their more technically demanding work — the security feature package on this note was substantially upgraded from the earlier 1999–2000 issue that launched the Somoni as a replacement for the Tajik Ruble at a rate of 1,000 to 1.
The 500 Somoni was, at issue, worth roughly $115 USD — a significant sum in one of Central Asia's poorest economies, making it a note more commonly encountered in bank vaults than in daily commerce.