10 som — Kyrgyzstan (2009) — Golden Eagle

Special facts

Silver 10 som of 2009 with colour enamel and a golden eagle, long used for hunting in Kyrgyzstan; eagle hunters also compete at the Nomad Games.

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

• 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
• 10 som (2012) — Snow Leopard KM# 53
• 100 som (2012) — 200th Anniversary of Kurmanjan Datka KM# 56
• 2013
• 10 som (2013) — Goitered Gazelle KM# 54
• 10 som (2013) — Saimaluu-Tash KM# 55

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