Description

Face value – 500 tenge

Date of issue – 14 August 2015

A portrait of the Kazakh educator and thinker Abai was depicted on the obverse of the 20 tenge banknote of 1993. Currently the banknote is withdrawn from circulation.

Obverse: state emblem of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the center; inscriptions “500” and “TENGE” at the bottom indicate the denomination of the coin; to the left and to the right are mirrored elements of the national ornament; inscriptions “REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN” in Kazakh and Russian; at the top is the logo of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan; protruding rim along the circumference.

Reverse: in the center of the coin is a fragment of the front of the 20 tenge banknote, which features a portrait of Abai; inscriptions “ABAY” and “Au 999 7.78 g”, the number “2015”, which indicates the year of coinage, and banknote’s graphic elements are along the circumference; protruding rim along the circumference.

The edge of the coin is grooved.

Fineness: Au 999

Weight: 7,78 ± 0,02 gr.

Diameter: 21,87 mm

Quality: proof

Mintage: 1000

The coin comes in capsule with certificate of authencity (COA) and in original box.