The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic

10 som

28,28

38,61

Silver 925°

1 000

Proof

Murat Sagimbaev

Kazakhstan Mint

The main theme of the obverse side of the  coin is the image of the komuz. The central part of the coin shows the denomination of the coin (10 Som). The left side of the coin specifies the name of the coin «Комуз» («Komuz») and the alloy of metal (Ag 925°), on the right side - the name of the coin in Latin letters «Komuz» and the weight of the coin (28.28 g).

On the reverse of the coin, there is the coat of arms of the Kyrgyz Republic in the upper part. In the center part - an illustration of the image of a komuzist, person playing on komuz, framed by a stylized form of a musical instrument. The lower part of the coin contains the year of the coin issue (2018), there is the vertical inscription «Улуттук музыкалык аспаптар» («National musical instruments») on the left side.

The collection coin has been issued to popularize the spiritual and cultural values of the Kyrgyz people.

The Kyrgyz national music originates from ancient times. A number of beautiful legends, poems, stories, striking by its depth of artistic expression, were handing down from generation to generation exclusively by word thanks to a unique, Kyrgyz instrument – komuz revealing the life of the Kyrgyz people, its expectancies and feelings, happiness and joy, life and death.

The komuz is a three-stringed, plucked instrument, made from a single piece of apricot, walnut or mahogany, the length of the komuz does not exceed 85-90 cm.