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100 Som Toqtoğul Satılğan 150 Years
| Issuer | National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Size | 132 × 63 mm |
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| Obverse description | At center-left, a portrait vignette of Kyrgyz composer, improvising poet, and singer Toqtoğul Satılğan uulu (1864–1933) is set against a guilloche underprint. The Tündük, the circular crown symbol from the flag of Kyrgyzstan, appears as a decorative element in the design. A commemorative overprint marks the 150th anniversary of Toqtoğul's birth. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Issued to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Toqtoğul Satılğan (1864–1933), the most celebrated Kyrgyz aqyn — an improvising poet-musician in the oral epic tradition. Commemorative notes from the Kyrgyz Republic are rare enough that this one attracted collector attention on issue, despite the modest face value. The National Bank had previously produced commemorative polymer and paper issues, but this one returned to paper with a single-layer watermark security package that struck some specialists as thin for a 2014 production.
Toqtoğul was exiled to Siberia by Tsarist authorities in the 1890s for his verses — the note's commemorative purpose carries weight that a standard circulation issue would not.