These 20- and 50-som notes are the first banknotes manufactured in Kyrgyzstan, produced by the Central Asian Security Printing House, a private facility in Bishkek. These notes are like the preceding issues, but with enhanced security features and large white spaces to make the watermarks more visible.
B242 (PNL): 20 сом (som) (US$0.25)
Red. Front: Kyrgyz text; writer, poet, and educator Togolok Moldo; rhombus as registration device. Back: Kyrgyz text; rhombus as registration device; Tash-Rabat; mountains. Purple windowed security thread with demetalized rhombus and 20. Watermark: Togolok Moldo with electrotype 20. Printer: (Central Asian Security Printing House). 120 x 58 mm. Paper.
a. 2026. Sig. 6: Bokontayev. Prefix AB. Intro: 27.10.2026.
Courtesy of Vladimir Buravlev.