Catalog
10 Som Tashrabat
| Issuer | National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic |
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| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central silver field bears the National Coat of Arms of the Kyrgyz Republic, depicting a stylised eagle with outstretched wings below a rising sun over mountains, all within a circular legend. The outer gold ring carries the Cyrillic inscription КЫРГЫЗСТАН УЛУУ ЖИБЕК ЖОЛУНДА along the upper arc, with decorative scrollwork flanking the date 2005 in the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | КЫРГЫЗСТАН УЛУУ ЖИБЕК ЖОЛУНДА КЫРГЫЗ РЕСПУБЛИКАСЫ 2005 (Translation: Kyrgyzstan on the Great Silk Road, Kyrgyz Republic) |
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Tash Rabat is a 15th-century caravanserai built from dark stone in the Tian Shan mountains of what is now Naryn Province — one of the best-preserved examples of medieval Central Asian architecture in the entire region. Kyrgyzstan issued a small commemorative series in the mid-2000s highlighting monuments of national heritage, and this bimetallic piece was part of that program. The silver-in-gold construction was an unusual technical choice for a country whose mint infrastructure relied heavily on outside striking facilities at the time.