Kyrgyzstani Som - KGS

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The official currency of Kyrgyzstan, which is also called the Kyrgyz Republic. The multicolored paper notes come in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1,000 som and feature portraits of important people in the country's history. A fraction of a som - the functional equivalent of a U.S. cent - is a tiyin.