History of the national currency: respect for the national currency is respect for the nation

The report says that on 30 October 2000 Tajikistan’s new national currency unit, the somoni, was brought into circulation. The national currency was named in honour of Ismoili Somoni (849-907), the founder of the first centralised state of the Tajiks.

It adds that the choice of name is historically and politically symbolic. The somoni points to the past and carries a message of statehood, sovereignty and national self-awareness to today’s and future generations.

The text also notes that money is the result of human labour, one of humanity’s greatest inventions, and a key element of the economy and the market.