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500 Som 30 Years of National Currency
| Issuer | National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Size | 144 × 68 mm |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait vignette of Sayaqbay Qaralaev (1894–1971), the celebrated manaschi and reciter of the Kyrgyz epic 'Manas', at centre-left against a lavender guilloche underprint with traditional Kyrgyz ornamental motifs. To the left, a colour-shifting optically variable device in gold and dark tones bears the numeral '500'. The denomination БЕШ ЖҮЗ СОМ appears in large Cyrillic letterpress at the base, with КЫРГЫЗ БАНКЫ and a facsimile signature of the Chairman printed in the upper right. |
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| Protection description | Sayaqbay Qaralaev portrait and electrotype numeral '500'; embedded security thread with microprinting; colour-shifting optically variable ink element at left of obverse |
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The Kyrgyz som was introduced in May 1993, roughly eighteen months after independence, replacing the Soviet ruble at a time when Kyrgyzstan was among the last of the post-Soviet republics to break from the ruble zone. This commemorative note marks three decades of that currency. Crane Currency — long the supplier of U.S. Federal Reserve substrate — has produced Kyrgyz banknotes for much of that period, making the Massachusetts connection less surprising than it might appear for a landlocked Central Asian issuer.