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| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2009-2022 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic/Latin |
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| Mint | Kazakhstan Mint |
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The Snow Leopard series was introduced by the National Bank of Kazakhstan partly as a bullion vehicle but also as deliberate nation-branding — the irbis being the country's unofficial national symbol and a species with a wild population estimated, at the time of the first strike, at fewer than 150 individuals within Kazakhstani territory. The 2009 launch coincided with Kazakhstan's growing ambition to establish itself as a serious precious metals market, backed by substantial domestic gold production from the Altyn-Kumkol and other major deposits.
KM#154 spans a notably long production window for a .9999 fine one-troy-ounce issue, running through 2022 with mintages kept deliberately low to maintain collector interest alongside bullion demand.