10 som — Kyrgyzstan (2009) — Jamila

Special facts

Silver 10 som of 2009 after Aitmatov’s story "Jamila" (1958), which Louis Aragon called the most beautiful love story in the world.

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: 2009

Other items of the period

• 2001
• 10 som (2001) — Khan Tengri Peak KM# 4
• 2002
• 10 som (2002) — Edelweiss (Akmandai) KM# 5
• 10 som (2002) — Argali (Arkhar) KM# 6
• 2003
• 10 som (2003) — 10th Anniversary of the National Currency KM# 36
• 10 som (2003) — Genesis of Kyrgyz Statehood KM# 7
• 2005
• 10 som (2005) — 60th Anniversary of the Great Victory KM# 8
• 10 som (2005) — Tash Rabat KM# 9
• 2007
• 10 som (2007) — Shanghai Cooperation Organisation KM# 10
• 10 som (2007) — Uzgen Architectural Complex KM# 22
• 2008
• 10 som (2008) — Burana Tower KM# 18
• 10 som (2008) — Bishkek KM# 23
• 2009
• 10 som (2009) — Chingiz Aitmatov KM# 24
• 10 som (2009) — Jamila KM# 25
• 10 som (2009) — The First Teacher (Duishen) KM# 26
• 10 som (2009) — Mother Earth (Mother Field) KM# 27
• 10 som (2009) — Farewell, Gulsary! KM# 28
• 10 som (2009) — The White Steamboat KM# 29
• 10 som (2009) — Sulaiman Mountain KM# 32
• 10 som (2009) — Lake Issyk-Kul KM# 34
• 10 som (2009) — Golden Eagle KM# 38
• 10 som (2009) — Mother Deer KM# 41
• 2010
• 10 som (2010) — Raising the Yurt KM# 39
• 10 som (2010) — 10th Anniversary of EurAsEC KM# 40
• 2011
• 10 som (2011) — Sovereign Kyrgyzstan KM# 44
• 10 som (2011) — Jengish Chokusu (Victory Peak) KM# 46

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