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5 Som
| Issuer | National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Currency | Som (1993-date) |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a kookor, a traditional Kyrgyz leather vessel used to store and serve kymyz (fermented mare's milk), rendered in stylised relief. The kookor design incorporates a tumar motif, a triangular protective amulet widely employed in traditional Kyrgyz decorative arts and crafts. The denomination 5 СОМ is inscribed in Cyrillic characters and appears prominently within or alongside the central design. |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 СОМ (Translation: 5 Som) |
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The Kyrgyz som was introduced in May 1993, replacing the Soviet ruble after the National Bank had quietly prepared the currency for over a year while Kyrgyzstan remained technically within the ruble zone. The 5 som denomination in nickel-plated steel dates the coin to a 2008 reissue of the circulating series, by which point the som had survived a pair of severe devaluations — the worst in 1999, driven by contagion from the Russian financial collapse.