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20 Tenge Kanysh Satbayev
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A facing three-quarter portrait bust of academician Kanysh Imantayuli Satbayev is rendered in low relief, occupying the left and central field. To the upper right, the inscription 100 ЖЫЛ (meaning '100 Years') is prominently displayed. Along the lower arc, the abbreviated name Қ. И. СӘТБАЕВ is inscribed in Cyrillic lettering, followed by the date 1999 at lower right, commemorating the centenary of his birth. |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 ЖЫЛ Қ. И. СӘТБАЕВ • 1999 (Translation: 100 Years K. I. Satbayev) |
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Kanysh Satbayev, honored here, was the Soviet-era geologist who identified the Zhezkazgan copper deposit in central Kazakhstan as one of the largest in the world — a discovery that shaped the region's industrial development through the twentieth century. He was also founding president of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences, established in 1946. This coin was part of Kazakhstan's first commemorative series issued following independence, honoring figures the Soviet system had alternately celebrated and suppressed.