Banknotes of 10 som denomination 

The banknote of 10-som denomination of 1994 tenor is made on white paper of 135х65 mm in size. The prevailing color of the banknote is dark green. The banknote has the white field from the three sides of 4 mm in width. The red, green and dark blue fibers, as well as the colorless fibers luminescent in ultraviolet light are implanted in the paper. The paper has the local watermark with the portrait of akyn Toktogul Satylganov. The vertically located security thread with the microtext "KYRGYZ BANKY" seen against the light is implanted in the paper. The banknote is printed by offset printing. 

On top of the obverse of the banknote there is the text "KYRGYZ BANKY", the signature of the NBKR Chairman (Toraga) and the number "10". In the center, in the national ornament, the digital par value of the banknote is located; on the right - the portrait of Kasym Tynystanov - the first Kyrgyz professor, the author of the first textbooks in Kyrgyz, one of the founders of the Kyrgyz written literature - and the inscription "KASYM". At the bottom there are the figures "10", the text "ON SOM", and the see-through register in the form of the ornament. On the right there is the vertical ornamental strip. 

On top of the reverse of the banknote there is the serial number printed in red paint, the text "KYRGYZ BANKY" and the number "10". In the center the image of mountain ridges of Kyrgyzstan and the tract of Dzhety-Oguz are painted. At the right bottom there is the serial number printed in black paint. At the left on the vertical ornamental strip there is the number "10" and the text "ON SOM". 

The banknote of 10-som denomination of 1997 tenor is made on white paper of 135х65 mm in size. The prevailing color of the banknote is dark green. The red, green and dark blue fibers, as well as the colorless fibers luminescent in ultraviolet light are implanted in the paper. The paper has the local watermark repeating the portrait painted on the obverse of the banknote. The window metallic security thread with the microtext "KYRGYZ BANKY" is implanted in the paper.  

On top of the obverse of the banknote there is the text "KYRGYZ BANKY" and the signature of the NBKR Chairman (Toraga) with the raised relief, the serial number of the banknote executed in red paint and the number "10". In the center inside the ornament there is the image of the denomination executed in silvery paint "10", the portrait of Kasym Tynystanov - the first Kyrgyz professor, the author of the first textbooks in Kyrgyz, one of the founders of the Kyrgyz written literature - and the inscription "KASYM (1901-1938)". The portrait and the inscriptions on the banknote are rough to the touch. On the white coupon field the conventional mark, as the geometrical figure with the raised relief for the people with the weak eyesight, is located. On the right the serial number in black color is located with the figures growing downwards in size. At the bottom there are the figures "10", containing the microlettering of the continuous series of the numbers "10", the text "ON SOM" underlined by the line "KYRGYZ BANKY" in microlettering, and the see-through register in the form of the ornament. 

On top of the reverse of the banknote there is the text "KYRGYZ BANKY" and the number "10", which contains the microlettering "KYRGYZ BANKY". In the center there is the image of the mountain ranges of Kyrgyzstan and the Dzhety-Oguz tract. In the ornament forming the background grid there is the microlettering that indicates the par value of the banknote ("ON SOM"). At the left on the vertical ornamental strip the number "10" and the text "ON SOM" are located. On the right there is the see-through register and the year of issue of the banknote - "1997".