Tajikistani_ruble

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tajikistani ruble Tajikistani ruble The commemorative Tajikistani ruble coin Value 20 rubles Technical parameters 35.1 mm 20 g 900‰ silver Description Obverse Reverse Royal device Reeded Ismail Samani Diameter Mass Composition Edge Date of minting 1999 For table standards, see the coin specification table. Tajikistani ruble рубл (Tajik) User(s) Inflation Source Subunit 1/100 Coins Banknotes Freq. used Rarely used Tajikistan 33% The World Factbook, 2000 est. tanga None 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 rubles 5000, 10 000 rubles This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. issued and old Soviet/Russian ruble ceased to be legal tender in Russia[2]. In Tajikistan, pre-1993 Russian rubles ceased to be legal tender on 8 January 1994[3]. On May 10, 1995, the Tajikistani ruble replaced the Russian ruble at a rate of 1 Tajikistani ruble = 100 Russian rubles. Among the republics of the former Soviet Union, Tajikistan was the last to issue its own currency. Even Transnistria, a not-recognized state, issued its own ruble before Tajikistan did. On October 30, 2000, the somoni, were introduced and replaced the ruble with 1 somoni = 1000 ruble. Coin Only one commemorative coin was issued for Tajikistani ruble. 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 Empire. In fact, the Tajikistani ruble was printed under the direction of Goznak, the official Russian agency responsible for the production of banknotes and coins. Text detail from the reverse of the 1 Tajikistani ruble note. The ruble (Tajik: рубл) was the currency of Tajikistan between May 10, 1995 and October 29, 2000[1]. It was subdivided into 100 tanga, although no coins or banknotes were issued denominated in tanga. History Like other republics of the former Soviet Union, Tajikistan continued using Soviet/Russian ruble after independence. On July 26, 1993, a new series of Russian ruble was Historical exchange rates See also • Economy of Tajikistan 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The banknote series Value Dimensions Main Description Colour Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse [1] [3] [5] [7] [9] [11] [13] [2] [4] [6] [8] [10] [12] [14] 1 ruble 5 rubles 10 rubles 20 rubles 50 rubles 100 121 × 60 rubles mm 200 rubles 102 × 55 mm Brown Coat of arms and Blue patterns Red Lilac Green Brown Olivegreen and pale violet Dark pink Brown and purple Blue Orange Image Tajikistani ruble Date of Watermark printing issue 1994 1995 Flag of Multi-star Tajikistan pattern over Supreme Assembly (Majlisi Olii) [15] [17] [16] [18] 500 rubles 1000 143 × 71 rubles mm 5000 rubles ? 1999 [19] [21] [20] [22] Never 10 000 ? rubles For table standards, see the banknote specification table. Year 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 TJR per USD[4][5] 104 292 559 781 1237 1550 Таджикистан". http://www.trud.org/ guide/tadjikistan.htm. Retrieved on 2008-01-26. [5] Central Intelligence Agency. "CIA World Factbook". Archived from the original on 2001-03-31. http://web.archive.org/web/ 20010331101740/http://www.cia.gov/cia/ publications/factbook/geos/ti.html. Retrieved on 2008-01-26. References [1] National Bank of Tajikistan. "Banknotes and coins". http://www.nbt.tj/en/ ?c=3&id=3. Retrieved on 2007-05-19. [2] The Global History of Currencies - Russia [3] Tables of modern monetary history: Asia [4] Профцентры Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии. "Справочник - 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Preceded by: Russian ruble Reason: independence and inflation Ratio: 1 Tajikistani ruble = 100 Russian rubles Tajikistani ruble Succeeded by: Tajikistani somoni Reason: inflation Ratio: 1 somoni = 1,000 rubles Currency of Tajikistan 1995 – 2000 • Krause, Chester L. and Clifford Mishler (2003). 2004 Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1901-Present. Colin R. Bruce II (senior editor) (31st ed. ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0873495934. • Cuhaj, George S. (editor) (2005). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: Modern Issues 1961-Date. big butt (11th ed. ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0-89689-160-7. External links Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistani_ruble" Categories: Modern obsolete currencies, Economy of Tajikistan This page was last modified on 19 October 2008, at 05:07 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers 3