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20 Som
| Issuer | Kyrgyz Bank (Кыргыз Банкы) |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Kyrgyz poet and manaschi Toğolok Moldo (1860–1942) at centre-right, wearing a traditional fur hat, with his name and dates inscribed below the vignette. The dominant red-brown colour scheme is overlaid with intricate guilloche underprint and traditional Kyrgyz ornamental patterns; a large numeral '20' in optically variable ink appears at centre-left, flanked by vertical serial numbers and a decorative border panel on the right margin. The bank title КЫРГЫЗ БАНКЫ is printed at upper left, with the denomination ЖЫЙЫРМА СОМ in bold letterpress along the lower edge. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of the Manas Mausoleum (Gumbez Manas), a medieval domed brick structure with a pointed spire and arched portal, set against a soft pink and ochre guilloche background evoking the Kyrgyz landscape. A traditional Kyrgyz ornamental rosette motif is placed to the right of the building, while a decorative scroll-work border panel runs along the left margin. The bank title КЫРГЫЗ БАНКЫ appears at upper centre, and the denomination ЖЫЙЫРМА СОМ is rendered in bold letterpress at the lower edge, with the numeral 20 at upper right and lower left. |
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| Protection description | Watermark portrait of Toğolok Moldo with electrotype numeral '20'; embedded vertical security thread; optically variable ink numeral '20' at centre-left of obverse |
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