1 som — Kyrgyzstan (2018) — Yurt: the Kyrgyz Home

Special facts

A copper-nickel som of 2018, "The Yurt, the Kyrgyz Home"; the tündük crown at the top of the yurt is shown on the national flag.

About the period

The som is the national currency of Kyrgyzstan (officially the Kyrgyz Republic): it was introduced on 10 May 1993 in place of the Russian rouble and is divided into 100 tyiyn. In the early years small change was paper, and the National Bank issued circulation coins only in 2008–2009, from 1 tyiyn to 10 som, in a single set of designs that is still in use. More about the period “Som”, 1993 — to present

Coins and banknotes of this year: 2018

Other items of the period

• 2008
• 1 som (2008) — Tash Rabat KM# 19
• 1 som (2008) — Uzgen Architectural Complex KM# 21
• 1 som (2008) — Burana Tower KM# 35
• 2009
• 1 som (2009) — Sulaiman Mountain KM# 31
• 1 som (2009) — Lake Issyk-Kul KM# 33
• 2011
• 1 som (2011) — Jengish Chokusu (Victory Peak) KM# 45
• 1 som (2011) — Khan Tengri Peak KM# 47
• 2012
• 5 som (2012) — Komuz KM# 52
• 2013
• 1 som (2013) — Saimaluu-Tash KM# 51
• 2014
• 1 som (2014) — Barsbek, Kagan of the Kyrgyz KM# 58
• 1 som (2014) — Kumbez of Manas KM# 70
• 2015
• 5 som (2015) — Kyz Kuumai (Chasing the Girl) KM# 71
• 2016
• 1 som (2016) — Lightly Armed Warrior of the Kyrgyz Khaganate KM# 72
• 2017
• 1 som (2017) — Heavily Armed Warrior of the Kyrgyz Khaganate KM# 76
• 2018
• 1 som (2018) — Yurt: the Kyrgyz Home KM# 79
• 1 som (2018) — Ulak Tartysh (Kok-Boru) KM# 80
• 5 som (2018) — 25th Anniversary of the National Currency KM# 78
• 20 som (2018) — 90th Anniversary of Chingiz Aitmatov KM# 83
• 2019
• 1 som (2019) — Household Items: Kyrgyz Clothing and Jewellery KM# 84
• 2020
• 1 som (2020) — 10th Anniversary of the People's April Revolution KM# 88
• 1 som (2020) — 75th Anniversary of the Great Victory KM# 89
• 1 som (2020) — Kyrgyz Kurosh (Wrestling) KM# 90
• 2021
• 1 som (2021) — Thank You for Life! KM# 92
• 2023
• 5 som (2023) — 30th Anniversary of the Constitution