Yellow, green, and muted brown tones stretch across the note in a restrained horizontal field, where portraiture and landscape begin to share the same civic weight.

Design & Symbolism

Obverse

The obverse is centered on the portrait of Toktogul Satylganov, shown in dark engraved detail beside pale ornamental forms and the denomination. The open left field carries the bank name and signature, while the patterned vertical border adds a stronger decorative accent at the right edge. His portrait gives the note a cultural voice rooted in poetry, song, and the public memory of Kyrgyz artistic tradition.

Reverse

The reverse opens into a mountainous valley with the Toktogul hydroelectric dam set between steep natural forms. The composition draws the eye inward toward the structure, balancing landscape depth with the large denomination and side ornament. By placing the dam opposite Satylganov’s portrait, the note connects cultural memory with the infrastructure that reshaped the modern Kyrgyz landscape.

Collector’s Insight

For collectors, the 100 som issue occupies the upper end of Kyrgyzstan’s 1995 second issue, carrying the largest denomination of the early portrait series. The Toktogul dam gives this note a harder economic register than the lower cultural denominations, shifting the series toward electricity, infrastructure, and state capacity. As the flagship paper value of the issue, it fixes industrial sovereignty within the first mature phase of Kyrgyz som design.

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