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100 Teńge Gold KÓKBÓRI - Investment Coinage
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Tenge (1993-date) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | KÓKBÓRI |
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Kökböri — the Blue Wolf — occupies a specific place in Turkic cosmology as the totemic ancestor of the Turkic peoples, a figure woven through the Oghuzname and other foundational oral traditions. Kazakhstan's bullion program has increasingly leaned into pre-Islamic steppe mythology as a framing device for investment coinage, a deliberate cultural positioning that distinguishes these issues from the generic wildlife and landmark formats that dominate competing sovereign mints.
The interference rainbow coating applied over .999 gold is an iridescent oxide layer achieved through controlled oxidation or physical vapor deposition — no additional alloy, no reduction in fineness.