National Currency
The national currency of the Kyrgyz Republic - Som - was introduced into circulation on May 10, 1993. One Som consists of one hundred tyiyns.
The word “Som” among the Turkic-speaking peoples was originally used to mean a roughly processed piece of metal or wood. Over time, roughly treated ingots of precious metals, used as an equivalent for the exchange of money, also received the name “Som”. As an equivalent of exchange, before the advent of money as such, the ancient Kyrgyz used the skin of gray squirrel - “tyiyn chychkan”. Later, the word “tyiyn” became fixed in the Kyrgyz language as the name of change coin.
The national currency consists of:
- circulation coins: 50 tyiyn, 1, 3, 5,10 Som;
- banknotes: 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000 Som.
Graphic symbol
The graphic symbol of the national currency of the Kyrgyz Republic (the Som sign) consists of a capital letter “C” for the word “Som” (in Kyrgyz) and an underscore, indicating the stability of the national currency.
The graphic symbol of Som has been approved by the resolution of the Board of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic on October 27, 2016, and introduced for public use from February 8, 2017.
The purpose of introducing the Som sign is to standardize the Som designation as an indication of the official monetary unit of the Kyrgyz Republic in the production, placement and distribution of advertising in the markets of goods, works and services, information, reference materials, and for other purposes.
The graphic symbol of the national currency of the Kyrgyz Republic was registered in The Unicode Standard and implemented in Microsoft Windows starting with version 11 and onwards in all subsequent versions.
To display the Som sign it is necessary to select Kyrgyz language and use the “right Alt+9” combination on the keyboard.
The version for the visually impaired