10 som — Kyrgyzstan (2009) — Farewell, Gulsary!

Special facts

Silver 10 som of 2009 after "Farewell, Gulsary!", for which Aitmatov received the USSR State Prize in 1968.

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

• 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
• 10 som (2011) — Great Silk Road KM# 48
• 10 som (2011) — The World of Our Children KM# 49
• 2012
• 10 som (2012) — 200th Anniversary of Kurmanjan Datka KM# 50

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