5000 Som

Obverse description	Portrait vignette of Süymönkul Çokmorov (1939–1992), the celebrated Kyrgyz film actor, occupies the left-centre of the note against a green guilloche underprint, with his name and life dates inscribed below in Cyrillic. To the right, a large golden circular ornament with traditional Kyrgyz decorative motifs serves as the central design element, flanked by security features and fine geometric latticework. Serial number appears vertically at left and horizontally at upper right, with the bank name КЫРГЫЗ БАНКЫ at top right.
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Protection type	Watermark, Security thread, Color-shifting ink
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Comments	The 5000 Som was the highest denomination in Kyrgyz circulation for most of its issue period — a practical response to cumulative inflation rather than any single monetary crisis. Kyrgyzstan's som was introduced in 1993 following the collapse of the Soviet ruble zone, and the upper denominations climbed steadily over the subsequent decade and a half as the economy found its footing. Color-shifting ink on a note of this type signals input from a security printer with serious credentials; Kyrgyz banknotes of this generation were produced by Goznak, the Russian state printing enterprise.