Tajikistani ruble
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Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
between May 10, 1995 and October 29, 2000. It was subdivided into 100 tanga, although no coins or banknotes were issued denominated in tanga.
History
Like other republics of the former Soviet UnionSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, Tajikistan continued using Soviet/Russian ruble
Russian ruble
The ruble or rouble is the currency of the Russian Federation and the two partially recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Formerly, the ruble was also the currency of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union prior to their breakups. Belarus and Transnistria also use currencies with...
after independence. On July 26, 1993, a new series of Russian ruble was issued and old Soviet/Russian ruble ceased to be legal tender in Russia. In Tajikistan, pre-1993 Russian rubles ceased to be legal tender on 8 January 1994. On May 10, 1995, the Tajikistani ruble replaced the Russian ruble
Russian ruble
The ruble or rouble is the currency of the Russian Federation and the two partially recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Formerly, the ruble was also the currency of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union prior to their breakups. Belarus and Transnistria also use currencies with...
at a rate of 1 Tajikistani ruble = 100 Russian rubles.
Among the republics of the former Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, Tajikistan was the last to issue its own currency. Even Transnistria
Transnistria
Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...
, a not-recognized state, issued its own ruble
Transnistrian ruble
The ruble is the official currency of Transnistria. It is divided into 100 kopecks. Since Transnistria is a state with limited international recognition, its currency has no ISO 4217 code. However, unofficially some Transnistrian organisations such as Agroprombank and Gazprombank used the code PRB...
before Tajikistan did.
On October 30, 2000, the somoni
Tajikistani somoni
For other articles see the TJ disambiguation pageThe somoni is the currency of Tajikistan. It is subdivided into 100 diram . The currency is named after the father of the Tajik nation, Ismail Samani .-History:...
, were introduced and replaced the ruble with 1 somoni = 1000 ruble.
Coin
Only one commemorative coin was issued for Tajikistani ruble.| The commemorative Tajikistani ruble coin | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of minting | ||||
| Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | ||
| 20 rubles | 35.1 mm | 20 g | 900‰ silver Silver Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal... |
Reeded | Ismail Samani Saman Khuda Saman Khuda was the founder of the Samanid dynasty – The House of Saman. He was a landowner from the village of Saman in Balkh province in northern Afghanistan, who arrived in the early 8th century in Merv to the court of the Caliphal governor of Khorasan, Asad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Qasri , adopted... |
Royal device | 1999 |
Banknotes
The Tajikistani ruble banknotes have a striking similarity to the 1961, 1991 and 1992 banknote series of the Soviet/Russian ruble, due to the colour scheme, positioning of objects and the font. The colour scheme can be traced in part back to the issues of the Russian EmpireRussian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
. In fact, the Tajikistani ruble was printed under the direction of Goznak
Goznak
Goznak is a Unitary enterprise in Russia, responsible for the production of coins and bank notes. Goznak was established on July 6, 1919, under the conditions of civil war, as an agency that administered the whole process cycle of bank note manufacturing. It incorporated several factories involved...
, the official Russian agency responsible for the production of banknotes and coins.
Historical exchange rates
| Year | TJR per USD |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 104 |
| 1996 | 292 |
| 1997 | 559 |
| 1998 | 781 |
| 1999 | 1237 |
| 2000 | 1550 |