According to the assistant president of the Kyrgyz National Bank, Zair Chokoev, “We retained the style of our banknotes but tried to make them more convenient. Notes of the third series were too large and inconvenient to use. And we decided to reduce their size,” Zair Chokoev said. The new fourth series will slowly replace the notes of the third series.
B220 (P24): 20 сом (som) (US$0.30)
Red. Front: Kyrgyz text; writer, poet, and educator Togolok Moldo. Back: Kyrgyz text; Tash-Rabat; mountains. Windowed security thread with demetalized 20 COM. Watermark: Togolok Moldo. Printer: (Oberthur Technologies). 120 x 58 mm. Paper.
a. 2009. Sig. 4: Alapaev. Prefix CA – CL. Intro: 01.07.2009.
B221 (P25a): 50 сом (som) (US$0.70)
Orange. Front: Kyrgyz text; Czarina Kurmanjan Datka (Alai Tsaritsa). Back: Kyrgyz text; 11th-century Uzgen architectural complex with minaret and mausoleum; mountains. Windowed security thread with demetalized 50 COM. Watermark: Kurmanjan Datka. Printer: (Oberthur Technologies). 126 x 61 mm. Paper.
a. 2009. Sig. 4: Alapaev. Prefix CA – CI. Intro: 01.07.2009.
B222 (P26): 100 сом (som) (US$1.45)
Blue. Front: Kyrgyz text; poet Toktogul Satylganov. Back: Kyrgyz text; Toktogul hydroelectric power station; mountains. Windowed security thread with demetalized 100 COM. Watermark: Toktogul Satylganov with electrotype 100. Printer: (Oberthur Technologies). 132 x 63 mm. Paper.
a. 2009. Sig. 4: Alapaev. Prefix CA – CJ. Intro: 01.07.2009.
Courtesy of Vadim Tislenko.