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50 Som 30 Years of National Currency
| Issuer | National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Som (1993-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Qurmanjan Datka (Qurmanjan Mamatbai Qızı, 1811–1907), celebrated stateswoman of the Kyrgyz people, set against a background of traditional national ornamental guilloche patterns. Inscriptions in Kyrgyz appear in Cyrillic script identifying the issuing bank and denomination. |
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| Obverse lettering | КЫРГЫЗ БАНКЫ ЭЛҮҮ СОМ 50 (Translation: Bank of Kyrgyzstan, Fifty Som) |
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Kyrgyzstan introduced its national currency, the som, in May 1993 — abruptly, with only three days' notice — as it exited the ruble zone following the Soviet collapse. This commemorative note marks thirty years of that decision. Crane Currency, the Massachusetts-based security printer with roots in the American banknote paper industry dating to the early nineteenth century, has supplied Kyrgyz notes before, so the relationship is not new.
The watermark-only security specification is notably sparse for a commemorative issue of this period, when most central banks commission far more elaborate authentication features for prestige printings.