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5000 Som 30 Years of National Currency
| Issuer | National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 5000 Som |
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| Obverse lettering | 5000 КЫРГЫЗ БАҢКЫ СҮЙМӨНКУЛ ЧОКМОРОВ 1939-1992 БЕШ МЫҢ СОМ ⃀ 5000 (Translation: Bank of Kyrgyzstan, Five Thousand Som) |
| Reverse description | The right half carries an intaglio vignette of a neoclassical colonnaded building set against a mountain backdrop, representing a landmark of Bishkek, rendered in deep green tones. At centre-left, a commemorative diamond-shaped ornamental device in green and orange incorporates traditional Kyrgyz geometric motifs and the year date 2023. The denomination numeral appears at upper left and lower right, with the Kyrgyz-language value inscription at lower right and the issuer name in Cyrillic along the left margin. |
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The Kyrgyz som was introduced in May 1993, replacing the Soviet ruble after the republic's transition to independent monetary policy — a process that moved faster than many neighboring former Soviet states managed. This 2023 commemorative marks exactly three decades of that currency, issued as a collectible rather than a circulating denomination; 5,000 som sits well above the range of everyday transactional notes in the series.
Pick 40 is a cotton-paper issue with relatively modest security specification for a commemorative of this face value — watermark and security thread without the polymer substrate or color-shifting ink increasingly common in Central Asian commemoratives of the period. Whether that reflects a budget decision or a deliberate nod to the original 1993 paper issues is not documented.