2000 som — Kyrgyzstan (2017) — 25th Anniversary of the National Currency

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Special facts

Kyrgyzstan’s first commemorative banknote with a design of its own rather than an overprint on an ordinary note: the National Bank issued the 2000 som on 17 November 2017 for the 25th anniversary of independence and of the national currency. The face shows the equestrian monument to Manas against a stylised yurt and the sign of the goddess Umai Ene; the back shows a stylised tree, Khan Tengri peak and a golden eagle soaring over Issyk-Kul. It was a one-off issue and is legal tender, although ATMs and terminals do not take it, and in 2018 it was named the best regional banknote among the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS.

About the period

The issue of 2009–2017 is a new generation of notes from 20 to 5000 som, the small values having been replaced by coins by then. The figures are the same, but the design and security features were updated, and the new 5000 som, with the actor Suimenkul Chokmorov and Ala-Too Square, was released on 2 March 2009. More about the period “Issue of 2009-2017”

Coins and banknotes of this year: 2017

Other items of the period

• 2009
• 100 som (2009) — 150th Anniversary of Toktogul Satylganov Pick# 31
• 2010
• 200 som (2010) — 100th Anniversary of Alykul Osmonov Pick# 32
• 2017
• 2000 som (2017) — 25th Anniversary of the National Currency Pick# 33