Catalog
10 Som Earring
| Issuer | National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a stylised profile bust of a Kyrgyz woman in traditional dress, rendered in a stark, modernist linear style against a split field of mirror and matte finish. The figure wears a distinctive headdress with a starburst crown element above a broad horizontal band. Hanging from the neck is a highly detailed traditional Kyrgyz earring (сырга), coloured with teal, red, and amber enamel insets arranged in geometric and triangular patterns typical of Central Asian ornamental art. Along the left field, an inscription in Old Turkic script runs vertically. Along the upper right, the Cyrillic legend СЫРГА and the Latin legend EARRING appear separated by a dot, with the silver fineness mark Ag 925° and the weight 28.28g inscribed along the right rim. The denomination 10 СОМ is struck in the lower right field. |
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The Kyrgyz Republic has issued a series of coins celebrating traditional jewelry forms native to the region, of which this piece is one. Nomadic goldsmithing traditions across Central Asia produced earring forms — syrga — that functioned as both adornment and portable wealth, a practical consideration for peoples without fixed settlements or banking infrastructure.
KM#85 is part of a broader National Bank program using numismatic issues to document intangible cultural heritage.