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Find 10 differences, or how Tajik rubles were printed


When you first look at the line of the first banknotes of the Republic of Tajikistan, there is a feeling similar to 'deja vu': something like this is not only seen, but also held in your hands, although you have never been to Tajikistan.

The Republic of Tajikistan was declared an independent state on September 9, 1991, and the national Bank of Tajikistan was established even earlier-on February 21, 1991. however, the Tajiks were not in a hurry to create their own currency to support national independence and did not expel Soviet rubles with the USSR coat of arms from the territory of their country.

However, the situation when Soviet rubles moved freely within the borders of the near abroad ceased to suit the already independent Russian Federation. By July 1993, Goznak printed a new series of rubles, now Russian rubles, and on August 7, 1993, bills with the coat of arms of the USSR lost the property of legal tender on the territory of Russia.
The Russians got rid of the Soviet rubles, but the Tajiks still hesitated. While Tajiks have thought, all those who do not have time to change rubles of the USSR - both in Russia and in former Soviet republics – steel hook or by crook, usually by crook, to try to convert Soviet rubles to Tajik goods – cotton, melons, or skullcaps, as anyone lucky.

January 1, 1994 already the new Russian ruble of the 1993 model was recognized as legal tender in Tajikistan. And it remained so until may 1995, when the national Bank of Tajikistan decided to issue its national currency, called – presumably out of habit – the ruble, or rather – the Tajik ruble.

Where to print Tajik rubles to Tajiks was clear without questions: of course, where all rubles were printed for a long time.I.e., the national Bank of Tajikistan did not apply to De La Ru Plc, but to the Goznak factory. They accepted the order, but did not bother much about the design.
Goznak took as a basis the front side of the cliche of those Soviet rubles that were already withdrawn from circulation and turned:
'1 ruble of the USSR' – in '1 rubl Tochigi';
'5 Soviet rubles to 5 rubles, Tochigi';
'10 Soviet rubles to 10 rubles Tochigi';
'25 Soviet rubles to 20 rubles, Tochigi'.
The bill color is the same.
The nominal value is the same again, with only two exceptions: the Tajiks decided not to issue a 3-ruble 'ruble', and for some reason the nominal value of 25 rubles was replaced with 20 rubles.
The watermarks on the paper are the same: probably the five-pointed star did not cause rejection among the Tajiks.
The size of the bills is almost the same: the Soviet ruble was a little longer, the Tajik ruble-a little wider.
The similarity is further enhanced by the fact that the Tajik script has been translated into Cyrillic since 1939.
In General, if the light was poor, it was quite possible to confuse the old Soviet rubles with the new Tajik rubles somewhere in the Bazaar in Panjikent and in the Istarafshan shop-judge for yourself.

Таджикский рубль 1994 г.

1 рубл точики

Country : Таджикистан
Denomination : 1 рубль
Year : 1994
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10 рубл точики

Country : Таджикистан
Denomination : 10 рубль
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20 рубл точики

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Denomination : 20 рубль
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5 рубл точики

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Denomination : 5 рубль
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