Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Som Sulaiman
| Issuer | National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic |
|---|---|
| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | 30 mm |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The National Coat of Arms of the Kyrgyz Republic is depicted centrally within a raised inner circle, featuring a rising sun over mountain peaks framed by wheat ears and the traditional Tunduk motif, with an eagle displayed at the base. The Cyrillic legend КЫРГЫЗ at the top and РЕСПУБЛИКАСЫ at the bottom appear within the coat of arms. Flanking the central device in the outer field are stylised Kyrgyz ornamental scrollwork motifs. The upper arc of the outer legend reads КЫРГЫЗСТАН УЛУУ ЖИБЕК ЖОЛУНДА, and the date 2009 appears in the lower field below the inner circle. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A stylised map of Kyrgyzstan occupies the central field, with the location of Sulayman Mountain (Сулайман-Тоо) indicated upon it. A detailed scenic view of Sulayman Mountain is depicted in the lower portion of the design. The denomination 1 СОМ appears to the right of the central device, and the Cyrillic legend СУЛАЙМАН - ТОО identifies the featured landmark. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The Sulaiman-Too mountain in Osh — the subject of this issue — was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2009, the same year this coin was released. The site had been a place of pilgrimage for over a millennium, with shrines and petroglyphs carved into its rock faces dating back to the 10th century. Kyrgyzstan's commemorative coinage program of this period was partly a deliberate effort to assert cultural identity in the post-Soviet space, where national symbols carried outsized political weight.