The National Bank of Tajikistan was awarded Best New Commemorative Banknote for its new 100 somoni banknote, issued to mark the 25th anniversary of the national currency. This is also the first commemorative banknote introduced since the creation of the somoni.

The note circulates alongside the existing 100 somoni denomination and is also the first to feature Louisenthal’s new RollingStar® Venus thread with both Color MotifFlip™ and ColorFlip on the reverse, and RollingStar® Patch on the front.

The RollingStar® Venus is a registered 6mm security thread in orange + violet.  The middle of the three windows utilises Color MotifFlip with striking change of colour and motif, with the orange denomination numeral (100) disappearing into the violet background,  while a second motif ‘БМТ’ (‘Бонки Mиллии Тоҷикистон’,  which means National Bank of Tajikistan) appears out of the violet background in orange in the same area.

In the upper and lower windows is the eyecatching ColorFlip™ with ornaments typical of Islamic culture showing dynamic effects and flipping colour (orange and violet. A RollingStar® Patch features demetallisation and a ColorShift  effect from violet-to-green. The background has a  dynamic pattern and, in the centre, is a clear flip effect from the denomination numeral to the letters ‘БМТ’.