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1000 Tenge Mercury
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Currency | Tenge (1993-date) |
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| Obverse description | The central field of the gilded silver ring displays the coat of arms of the Republic of Kazakhstan in relief. A circular legend naming the issuing country arcs across the upper portion of the coin in Latin script. The denomination '1000' appears below the arms, flanked on either side by metal fineness and weight specifications: 'Ag 925 22 g' to the left and 'Ta 999 13 g' to the right, with 'TEŃGE' completing the denomination inscription. The overall design integrates the national heraldic device prominently within the ring element of this bimetallic issue. |
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| Mintage | 2025 - Proof - 1,000 |
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Kazakhstan's choice of tantalum for this issue is technically ambitious — the metal is notoriously difficult to strike, with a hardness and refractory character that demands tooling far beyond what standard precious-metal dies can sustain. Very few world mints have worked with it successfully, and the rejection rates during production tend to be punishing.
Mercury himself is an odd patron for a Central Asian issuer, though Kazakhstan has leaned into classical mythology for its collector series since the early 2010s, treating the Roman pantheon as internationally legible rather than culturally foreign.