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200 Som
| Issuer | National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Value | 200 Som (200 KGS) |
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| Reverse lettering | КЫРГЫЗ БАНКЫ 200 ЭКИ СОМ 2004 Ысык-Көл кээде жымжырт; кээде толкун, Толкуса толкунуна тең ортокмун. Турмушта канча жолдош күтсөм дагы, Бир сырлуу мындай жолдош күткөн жокмун. (Translation: Bank of Kyrgyzstan, Two Hundred Som Issyk-Kul is sometimes calm, sometimes waves. I share the excitement. No matter how many partners I expect in life, I did not expect such a mysterious companion.) |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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| Comments |
The 2004 reissue of this denomination followed Kyrgyzstan's gradual post-independence effort to stabilize and refine its national currency, which had only been introduced in 1993 after the som replaced the Soviet ruble. Giesecke & Devrient, the Munich printer responsible for this note, has handled Kyrgyz banknote production across multiple series — a relationship that has given the country's currency a consistent technical baseline even as individual designs evolved.
The security specification here is modest by the standards of the period. A basic embedded thread and watermark without the more sophisticated features G&D was producing for other clients at the same time.