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2 Teńge Silver KÓKBÓRI - Investment Coinage
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The central circle bears the coat of arms of the Republic of Kazakhstan, surrounded by an elaborate border of traditional national ornamental patterns. The mint mark appears at the top of the central device. A circumferential legend in both Kazakh and English reads 'QAZAQSTAN ULTTYQ BANKI' and 'NATIONAL BANK OF KAZAKHSTAN', flanking the year of issue '2023'. Below the arms, inscriptions in the field denote the metal, fineness, denomination, and weight: 'Ag 999,9 • 2 TEŃGE • 2 oz'. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Kökböri — literally "Blue Wolf" in Kazakh — refers to the mythological ancestor-figure central to Turkic origin legends, a tradition recorded as early as the Orkhon inscriptions of the 8th century and later codified in Chinese Tang dynasty annals documenting the Göktürk khaganate. Kazakhstan's National Bank has leaned heavily into this mythological vein for its bullion-adjacent collector series, issuing pieces that blur the line between investment coinage and numismatic commemorative. The interference coating, applied after striking, produces a prismatic surface effect that varies under different light angles.