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10 Som Arkhar Ram
| Issuer | National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Value | 10 Som |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely detailed portrait of an Argali ram (Ovis ammon karelini), shown in three-quarter profile occupying the lower half of the field, with its distinctive massive curved horns rendered in high relief. Behind the ram, a dramatic mountain landscape representing the Tian Shan range fills the upper portion of the design. The Cyrillic legend 'ТЕҢИР-ТОО' arcs along the upper rim, while 'АРКАР' and the Latin scientific designation 'OVIS AMMON KARELINI' appear vertically along the left side. The silver fineness and weight designation 'Ag 925 / 28,28' is inscribed in the right field, with the denomination '10 СОМ' prominently displayed in the lower right. |
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| Mint | Kazakhstan Mint, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan |
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The arkhar — Ovis ammon, the Argali wild sheep — roams the high-altitude ranges of the Tian Shan and Pamir plateaus that define much of Kyrgyzstan's terrain. This issue belongs to the National Bank's early commemorative program launched after independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, a period when newly sovereign central banks across Central Asia used silver coinage partly as a hard-currency revenue mechanism and partly to assert distinct national identities through indigenous fauna.
KM#6 is among the earliest silver issues in the Kyrgyz commemorative catalog.