10 Tyiyn

The tyiyn — one-hundredth of a som — has had a troubled circulation history since Kyrgyzstan introduced its own currency in May 1993, breaking from the post-Soviet ruble zone. Rampant inflation through the 1990s rendered sub-som denominations nearly worthless in practice, and most were abandoned by the public almost immediately. The 2008 reissue of this denomination reflects a stabilization effort rather than genuine demand, as the som had by then recovered enough purchasing power to make small fractions nominally functional again.