Kyrgyz Republic commemorative currency
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Commemorative currency in the Kyrgyz Republic is the set of commemorative banknotes and coins, issued by the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic, that are not meant for general circulation.
All the banknotes and coins are either denoted by som, the underlined C, or its subunit the tyiyn.
Kyrgyz is the language used on the commemorative currencies, although Russian, and to a lesser extent English, is used in conjunction as well.
Issuing of Commemorative Currencies
The central bank regularly issues commemorative currencies to mark various occasions, or to celebrate the various aspects of Kyrgyzstani culture or wildlife.
Several of these have also won numerous regional and international awards.
Production of Commemorative Currencies
Commemorative coins are minted in several locations including, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Poland, Russia (Saint Petersburg Mint), Slovakia, and the United Kingdom (Pobjoy Mint),[1] while the commemorative notes are printed in the United States (Crane Currency).[2]
History
On 11 August 1995, the central bank issued its first collectible coins to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of the Epic of Manas, despite coins not being in general circulation at that time. Since then, over the years, the central bank has increased the frequency of issuance of commemorative currencies.
The central bank reached its first major milestone when it received its first award on the 1st of December 2010.
The commemorative coins of the 2009 "Works of Chinghiz Aitmatov" series won an Honorary Diploma from the "Biblio-Globus" Trading House during the fourth international commemorative coin competition.
In 2017, the first commemorative banknote was issued. This banknote was also the first vertically oriented Kyrgyz banknote that had incorporated several state of the art security features, although machines were not calibrated to accept these notes.[3]
In 2018 with the introduction of the new som symbol to mark 25 years of issuing the national currency, new commemorative currencies started featuring the symbol as well.
Commemorative coins
| Commemorative coins | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Issue quantity | Issue quality | ||||
| Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Obverse | Reverse | ||||
 |  | 100 som | 22.00mm | 6.22g | Gold 999 | Manas overlaid on "Айкөл Манас" (Magnanimous Manas) | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, year | 11 August 1995 | 1000 | proof |
 |  | 10 som | 38.60mm | 28.28g | Silver 925 | Manas overlaid on "Манас эпосуна миң жыл" (Epic of Manas one thousandth year) | 5000 | |||
 |  | 100 som | 22.00mm | 7.78g | Gold 916 | Ferghana horses painted with Sulayman Mountain background, "Ош- үч миң жыл" (City of Osh- third millennium) | 28 August 2000 | 1000 | ||
 |  | 10 som | 38.60mm | 28.28g | Silver 925 | Khan Tengri Mountain | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Эгемен Кыргыз Республикасына 10 жыл (10 years of independent Kyrgyz Republic), year | 27 August 2001 | ||
 |  | Ovis Ammon Karelini "Аркар" against Tian Shan "Теңир-Тоо" mountains | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Эл аралык тоо жылы (International Year of Mountains), year | 26 August 2002 | ||||||
 |  | Leontopodium "Акмаңдай" against Tian Shan "Теңир-Тоо" mountains | ||||||||
 |  | Silver 925/ Gold 999 | All commemorative coins issued during the past 10 years surrounding a "tunduk" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Улуттук валютага 10 жыл (10 years of national currency), year | 8 May 2003 | |||||
 |  | Tiger head decoration, Turgesh coin, Burana Tower and state flag surrounding a "tunduk" (counter clockwise from top left) | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Кыргыз мамлекеттүүлүгүнө 2200 жыл (2200 Years of Kyrgyz statehood), year | |||||||
 |  | Silver 925 | A woman and eternal flame at Victory Memorial Complex, Улуу Жеңишке 60 жыл/ 60 лет Великой Победе (60th Anniversary of Great Victory) | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, year | 4 May 2005 | |||||
 |  | Silver 925/ Gold 999 | Map of Kyrgyz Republic, Tash Rabat "Ташрабат" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Кыргызстан Улуу жибек жолунда (Kyrgyzstan on the Great Silk Road), year | 1500 | |||||
 |  | Map of Kyrgyz Republic, Uzgen architecture complex "Өзгөн архитектуралык эстеликтери" | 2 April 2007 | |||||||
 |  | Silver 925 | Emblem of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation "Кызматташуунун Шанхай уюму" over a "tunduk" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, year | 1000 | |||||
 |  | 1 tyiyn | 14.00mm | 1.00g | Brass-plated steel | 1 Тыйын (tyiyn), flower (гүл/ gul) | 1 January 2008 | 100000 | brilliant uncirculated | |
 |  | 10 som | 38.60mm | 31.10g | Silver 925 | Emblem of Eurasian Economic Community overlaid on Bishkek "Бишкек" city view, "Столицы стран ЕврАзЭС" (EurAsEC) | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, ЕврАзЭС өлкөлөрүнүн борборлору (EurAsEC), year | 18 December 2008 | 2500 | proof |
 |  | 28.28g | Silver 925/ Gold 999 | Map of Kyrgyz Republic, Burana Tower "Бурана" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Кыргызстан Улуу жибек жолунда (Kyrgyzstan on the Great Silk Road), year | 18 December 2008 | 1500 | |||
 |  | 1 som | 30.00mm | 12.00g | Copper-Nickel | 5000 | brilliant uncirculated | |||
 | | Map of Kyrgyz Republic, Tash Rabat "Ташрабат" | ||||||||
 | | Map of Kyrgyz Republic, Uzgen architecture complex "Өзгөн архитектуралык эстеликтери" | ||||||||
 |  | 10 som | 38.60mm | 28.28g | Silver 925/ Gold 999 | Map of Kyrgyz Republic, Sulayman Mountain "Сулайман Тоо" | 20 April 2009 | 1500 | proof | |
 |  | 1 som | 30.00mm | 12.00g | Copper-Nickel | 5000 | brilliant uncirculated | |||
 | | 10 som | 38.60mm | 28.28g | Silver 925/ Gold 999 | Map of Kyrgyz Republic, Lake Issyk-Kul "Ысык-Көл" | 1500 | proof | ||
 | | 1 som | 30.00mm | 12.00g | Copper-Nickel | 5000 | brilliant uncirculated | |||
 |  | 10 som | 38.60mm | 28.28g | Silver 925 | Chinghiz Aitmatov "Чыңгыз Айтматов" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, stork birds, year | 4 May 2009 | 2000 | proof |
 |  | A scene from Jamila, "Жамийла/ Джамиля" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Чыңгыз Айтматов Чыгармасы/ Произведение чингиза айтматова (Chinghiz Aitmatov's works), Aitmatov's signature, year | 3000 | ||||||
 | A scene from The First Teacher, "Биринчи мугалим/ Первый учитель" | |||||||||
 | A scene from Mother Earth & other stories, "Саманчынын жолу/ Материнское поле" | |||||||||
 | A scene from Farewell, Gulsary!, "Гүлсарат/ Прощай, Гульсары!" | |||||||||
 | A scene from The White Steamboat, " Ак кеме/ Белый пароход" | |||||||||
 |  | 31.10g | Golden eagle "Бүркүт/Беркут", Emblem of Eurasian Economic Community, "Животный мир стран ЕврАзЭС" (Fauna of EurAsEC) | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Fauna of EurAsEC "ЕврАзЭС өлкөлөрүнүн жаныбарлар дүйнөсү", year | 29 October 2009 | |||||
 |  | Mother Deer "Бугуэне/ Мать-олениха", Emblem of Eurasian Economic Community, "Легенды и сказки народов стран ЕврАзЭС" (Legend and tales of people of EurAsEC) | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, "ЕврАзЭС өлкөлөрүнүн элдеринин уламыштары жана жомоктору" (Legends and tales people of EurAsEC), year | |||||||
 |  | Emblem of Eurasian Economic Community overlaid on 5 capitals of EurAsEC, "10 лет Евразийскому экономическому сообществу" (10 years of EurAsEC) | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, "Евразия экономикалык шериктештигине 10 жыл" (10 years of EurAsEC), year | 1 October 2010 | 2000 | |||||
 |  | "Түндүк көтөрүү" Tunduk building, "Национальные обычаи и обряды народов стран ЕврАзЭС" (Customs and traditions of people of EurAsEC) | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Emblem of EurAsEC, "ЕврАзЭС өлкөлөрүнүн элдеринин улуттук жөрөлгөлөрү жана салт-санаалары" (Customs and traditions of people of EurAsEC), year | 3000 | ||||||
 |  | 1 som | 30.00mm | 12.00g | Copper-Nickel | Khan Tengri Mountain "Хан-Теңири" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Эгемен Кыргыз Республикасына 20 жыл (20 years of independent Kyrgyz Republic), year | 15 August 2011 | 5000 | brilliant uncirculated |
 |  | Jengish Chokusu mountain "Жеңиш чокусу/ Пик Победы" | ||||||||
 | | 10 som | 38.60mm | 28.28g | Silver 925 | 3000 | proof | |||
 |  | Silver 925/ Gold 999 | Flag of Kyrgyz Republic, Manas overlaid on map of Kyrgyz Republic, Эгемен Кыргыз Республикасына 20 жыл (20 years of independent Kyrgyz Republic) | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Независимой кыргызской республике 20 лет (20 years of independent Kyrgyz Republic), year | 2000 | |||||
 |  | 39.00mm | 33.94g | Silver 925 | Children's drawing, "Мир наших детей" (The world of our children) | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Emblem of EurAsEC, "Аруулук уялаган балдар дүйнөсү" (Children's drawing), year | 20 December 2011 | 3000 | ||
 |  | 38.61mm | 31.10g | Silver 925/ Gold 999 | Emblem of EurAsEC, map of Silk Road, "Великий шёлковый путь" (The Great Silk Road) | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, "Улуу Жибек Жолу" (The Great Silk Road), caravan passing through mountains, year | 2000 | |||
 |  | 38.60mm | 28.28g | Silver 925 | Kurmanjan Datka "Курманжан Датка, 1811-1907", two Swarovski crystals | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanjan riding a horse, "Курманжан Даткага 200 жыл" (200th anniversary of Kurmanjan Datka), year | 8 August 2012 | |||
 | 100 som | 22.60mm | 7.78g | Gold 999 | Kurmanjan Datka "Курманжан Датка, 1811-1907" | 1000 | ||||
 |  | 5 som | 33.00mm | 14.35g | Copper-Nickel | Kyrgyz playing a Komuz musical instrument, "Комуз" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, National musical instruments "Улуттук музыкалык аспаптар", year | 21 August 2012 | 3000 | brilliant uncirculated |
 |  | 10 som | 38.60mm | 28.28g | Silver 925 | Snow leopard "Ак илбирс" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Animals of the Red Book of Kyrgyzstan "Кыргызстандын кызыл китеби", year | proof | ||
 |  | Silver 925/ Gold 999 | Goitered gazelle "Жейрен/ Gazella Subgutturosa" | 26 August 2013 | ||||||
 |  | Silver 925 | Rock paintings, "Саймалуу-Таш/ Saimaluu Tash" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, rock paintings, "Кыргызстандын тарыхый жана архитектуралык эстеликтери" (Kyrgyzstan historical and architectural monuments), year | 2000 | |||||
 |  | 1 som | 30.00mm | 12.00g | Copper-Nickel | 5000 | brilliant uncirculated | |||
 |  | 10 som | 38.60mm | 28.28g | Silver 925/ Gold 999 | Tamga overlaid on map of ancient Kyrgyz, Old Turkic alphabet | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, "Улуу Кыргыз каганаты" (Great Kyrgyz Khaganate), year | 24 December 2013 | 2000 | proof |
 |  | 1 som | 30.00mm | 12.00g | Copper-Nickel | Barsbek Kyrgyz Kagan "Барсбек кыргыз каганы" | 11 August 2014 | 5000 | brilliant uncirculated | |
 |  | 10 som | 38.60mm | 28.28g | Silver 925 | 2000 | uncirculated | |||
 |  | Manas Ordo, "Манастын кумбөзу/ Kumbez of Manas" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, "Кыргызстандын тарыхый жана архитектуралык эстеликтери" (Kyrgyzstan historical and architectural monuments), year | proof | ||||||
 |  | 1 som | 30.00mm | 12.00g | Copper-Nickel | 5000 | brilliant uncirculated | |||
 |  | 10 som | 38.60mm | 28.28g | Silver 925 | Eurasian eagle-owl "үкү/ Bubo Bubo" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Animals of the Red Book of Kyrgyzstan "Кыргызстандын кызыл китеби", year | 3000 | proof | |
 |  | Ribbon of Saint George folded to form 70, "Улуу Жеңишке 70 жыл/ 70 лет Великой Победе" (70 years of Great Victory) | Doves surrounding Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, year | 15 April 2015 | 1000 | |||||
 |  | Silver 925/ Gold 999 | Great bustard bird "Тоодак/ Otis tarda" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Animals of the Red Book of Kyrgyzstan "Кыргызстандын кызыл китеби", year | 15 June 2015 | 3000 | uncirculated | |||
 |  | Silver 925 | Various aspects of ancient Kyrgyz, "Тамга" (Tamga) | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, various Tamga, "Улуу Кыргыз каганаты" (Great Kyrgyz Khaganate), year | 24 August 2015 | 1000 | proof | |||
 |  | 5 som | 33.00mm | 14.35g | Copper-Nickel | Kyz kuu "Кыз куумай" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, "Улуттук спорт жана элдик оюндары" (National sports and folk games), year | 3000 | proof-like | |
 |  | 10 som | 38.60mm | 28.28g | Silver 925 | 2000 | proof | |||
 |  | 31.10g | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, "Кыргыз Республикасынын Улуттук банкы" (National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic), year | Emblem of EAEU, flags of countries in EAEU, "Евразия экономикалык союзу/ Евразийский экономический союз" (Eurasian Economic Union) | 2 November 2015 | 1000 | ||||
 |  | 200 som | 25.00mm | 15.55g | Gold 999 | Snow leopard "Ак илбирс/ Uncia uncia", two Swarovski crystals | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Animals of the Red Book of Kyrgyzstan "Кыргызстандын кызыл китеби", year | 25 December 2015 | ||
 |  | 10 som | 38.61x 38.61mm | 31.10g | Silver 925 | Various sports of World Nomad Games, "Дүйнөлүк көчмөндөр оюндары/ World Nomad Games" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan in a yurt, year | 15 August 2016 | ||
 |  | 38.61mm | Eagle overlaid on state flag, "Эгемен Кыргыз Республикасына 25 жыл/ Независимой Кыргызской Республике-25 лет" (25 years of independent Kyrgyz Republic) | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, year | ||||||
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 |  | 38.61x 38.61mm | Zhusup Balasagyn, Kutadgu Bilig written in Uyghur, "Жусуп Баласагынга 1000 жыл" (1000 anniversary of Zhusup Balasagyn) | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, part of Kutadgu Bilig, Burana Tower, "Кыргыз Республикасынын Улуттук банкы" (National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic), year | 1 November 2016 | |||||
 |  | 1 som | 30.00mm | 12.00g | Copper-Nickel | Lightly armed warrior of Kyrgyz Khaganate "Кыргыз каганатынын куралданган жоокери/ Легковооруженный воин Кыргызского каганата" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, "Улуу Кыргыз каганаты" (Great Kyrgyz Khaganate), year | 20 December 2016 | 4000 | uncirculated |
 |  | 10 som | 38.61mm | 28.28g | Silver 925 | 1000 | proof-like | |||
 |  | 38.61x 28.81mm | Aigul flower "Айгүл гүлү/ Fritillaria eduardii Regel" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, Animals of the Red Book of Kyrgyzstan "Кыргызстандын кызыл китеби", year | 2000 | proof | ||||
 |  | Demoiselle crane "Anthropoides virgo/ Каркыра" | 7 December 2017 | 1000 | ||||||
 |  | 1 som | 30.00mm | 12.00g | Copper-Nickel | Heavily armed warrior of Kyrgyz Khaganate "Кыргыз каганатынын шайма-шай куралданган жоокери" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, "Улуу Кыргыз каганаты" (Great Kyrgyz Khaganate), year | 5000 | uncirculated | |
 |  | 10 som | 38.61mm | 28.28g | Silver 925 | 1000 | proof-like | |||
 |  | Komuz musical instrument, "Комуз/Komuz" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, National musical instruments "Улуттук музыкалык аспаптар", year | 10 May 2018 | proof | |||||
| 5 som | 33.00mm | 15.50g | Copper-Nickel | "Кыргыз Республикасынын улуттук валютасына 25 жыл" (25 years of national currency of the Kyrgyz Republic), som symbol, 1 tyiyn and 5000 som banknote | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, current circulating coins, year | 5000 | uncirculated | |||
| 1 som | 30.00mm | 12.00g | Yurt house "Боз үй" | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, "Улуу Кыргыз каганаты" (Great Kyrgyz Khaganate), year | 28 August 2018 | proof-like | ||||
| 10 som | 38.61mm | 31.10g | Silver 925 | "Улак тартыш" (Kokpar-kokbori) | Emblem of Kyrgyzstan, "Дүйнөлүк көчмөндөр оюндары/ World Nomad Games", year | 1000 | proof | |||
| 1 som | 30.00mm | 12.00g | Copper-Nickel | 5000 | proof-like | |||||
Commemorative banknotes
| Commemorative banknotes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image | Value | Dimensions | Main Colour | Description | Date of issue | ||
| Obverse | Reverse | Obverse | Reverse | ||||
 |  | 2,000 som | 153 x 76 mm | Blue and grey | Monument of Manas, a stylised yurt, symbol of "Umai Ene" in the background | Stylised tree, Khan Tengri mountain, eagle flying over lake Issyk-Kul | 17 November 2017 |
Awards
| Commemorative currency awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Award | Issuing authority | Event | Series/ Banknote/ Coin | Date of receiving award |
| Honorary Diploma | "Biblio-Globus" Trading House | 4th International commemorative coin competition | 2009 Works of Chinghiz Aitmatov series | 1 December 2010 |
| Winner of "The Most Historically Significant coin" | Krause Publications | "Coin of the Year" competition | 2011 The Great Silk Road coin | 1 December 2013 |
| Third place (Honorary Diploma) in "Silver Coin of the Year" | - | 8th International commemorative coin competition | 2013 Saimaluu Tash coin | 1 December 2014 |
| Best Regional Banknote of 2018 | - | Best regional banknote competition (In Eastern, Central European and CIS) | 2017 2000 Som banknote | 20 February 2018 |
