10 som — Kyrgyzstan (1995) — 1000 Years of the Epic of Manas

Special facts

Silver 10 som of 1995 for the 1000th anniversary of the Manas epic, one of the longest epics in the world, with about half a million lines in its full recording.

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: 1995

Other items of the period

• 1995
• 10 som (1995) — 1000 Years of the Epic of Manas KM# 1
• 100 som (1995) — 1000 Years of the Epic of Manas KM# 37
• 2000
• 100 som (2000) — Osh: Third Millennium KM# 3
• 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

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