We’ve got you covered on all information about the Kyrgyzstan currency. Kyrgyzstan currency is not much valued across the world although the economic growth has been positive since recent years. So, it won’t be long before Kyrgyzstan currency makes its way to the top currencies of the world. Tourism is playing a big part in the economic growth of this country. 

National Currency of Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan currency is the som which is subdivided into 100 tyiyns. The official currency symbol for the som is an underlined C.  The history of Kyrgyzstan currency goes back to 1992 and even earlier when the collapse of the Soviet Union took place and the Russia bank took over the State bank of USSR. At that time the maintenance of a country’s currency would take a strong political stand. 

History of Kyrgyzstan Currency

In the old times, rubble was used as the currency for almost 15 other independent states but as the countries grew smarter they started issuing coupons until the Russian central bank stopped the flow of the credit between Russia and the other independent states. Owing to these unusual events, the som was introduced in 1992 which then replaced the rubble at such a rate that 1 som was equivalent of 200 rubbles. 

Kyrgyzstan Currency to PKR & USD

1 Kyrgyzstani som is equivalent to 1.79 Pakistani rupees which are almost the same. While 1 Kyrgyzstani som is equivalent to 0.014 United States Dollar. The currency rate of the Kyrgyzstani som keeps going up and down but we tend to keep up with the fluctuations and tell you about the most recent currency rate.

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