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1 Som
| Issuer | National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Currency | Som (1993-date) |
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| Reverse lettering | КЫРГЫЗ БАНКЫ БИР СОМ 1 1999 (Translation: Bank of Kyrgyzstan, One Som) |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Abdılas Maldıbayev, visible when the note is held to light. |
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| Comments |
The Kyrgyz som was introduced in May 1993 as the republic broke from the ruble zone — one of the first Central Asian states to do so. The 1 Som denomination was always a low-value workhorse, and by 1999 inflation had eroded its purchasing power to near-negligibility. The series it belongs to, however, was printed by De La Rue, whose contract with Bishkek covered most of the early som issues.
Watermark-only security on a 1999 note reflects the bare-minimum specification typical of very low denominations, where production cost against face value leaves little room for sophisticated features.