Kazakhstan's Silk Road gold series launched in 1995, just four years after independence, as the National Bank moved aggressively to establish a numismatic program with hard-currency appeal. The .9999 fineness — finer than the standard .999 used by most sovereign mints at the time — was a deliberate choice to compete with bullion-adjacent collector issues from established markets.
The KM#29 attribution covers a remarkably long production window for a single type. Mintages for individual years within the series vary considerably and are not uniformly documented.
Kazakhstan's Silk Road gold series launched in 1995, just four years after independence, as the National Bank moved aggressively to establish a numismatic program with hard-currency appeal. The .9999 fineness — finer than the standard .999 used by most sovereign mints at the time — was a deliberate choice to compete with bullion-adjacent collector issues from established markets.
The KM#29 attribution covers a remarkably long production window for a single type. Mintages for individual years within the series vary considerably and are not uniformly documented.