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Country: Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Republic
Capital: Bishkek
Currency: som
Numeric code: 417
Letter code: KGS
Kyrgyzstan is a mountainous country in the North-East of Central Asia. Of 198.5 thousand square kilometers, belonging to Kyrgyzstan, only a quarter of the plains. The remaining area is occupied by the Tien Shan mountain range. Inhabits Kyrgyzstan 5.7 million people. The country's capital – Bishkek. The Kyrgyz Republic (aka Kyrgyzstan) in 1991 said goodbye to the ruble zone.
The Kyrgyz currency is called som. It is a historical name of the Turkish money has survived the ages. Curiously, also, the country was called the Soviet ruble. Som is divided into a hundred tyiyn, which in the catalogue of the coins of Kyrgyzstan represented by only two values: 10 and 50. Som in it anymore: 1, 3, 5 and 10.
Though introduced a new currency was in 1993, coins began in the country walking much later. Almost all coin series have been produced simultaneously in 2008: 1, 5, 10 tyiyn and 1, 3 and 5 kgs. However, 1 tyiyn were produced directly as a collectible, not for everyday treatment. To buy these coins of Kyrgyzstan is possible only in the set. However, due to inflation, 10 and 50 tyiyn in the Republic is also not in use, so the value of the coins of Kyrgyzstan depreciated. The latter, in 2009, there was 10 kgs.
It remains to add that on the online portals price of coins of Kyrgyzstan is very reasonable.
