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2500 Tenge Silk Road
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 1995-2009 |
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| Currency | Tenge (1993-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a stylized shanyrak — the circular crown frame of a traditional Kazakh yurt — positioned prominently at center, rendered in a conventionalized geometric style. Encircling the shanyrak is a decorative band depicting a caravan of camels in procession, symbolizing the ancient Silk Road trade route and evoking the historical exchange between civilizations. The composition is enclosed within a beaded or ornamental border, with inscriptions in both Kazakh and English flanking the central motif. The dual-language legend commemorates the Silk Road as a road of dialogue and connection among peoples and nations. The overall design is finely detailed, combining Central Asian artistic traditions with commemorative numismatic convention. |
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| Mintage | 1995 ҚҰБ - - 4,000 2009 ҚҰБ - - 1,000 |
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Kazakhstan's Silk Road gold series launched in 1995, just four years after independence, as the National Bank sought hard currency revenue through collector issues while the tenge itself was still finding its footing. The .9999 fineness — purer than the traditional .900 standard of most sovereign gold — was a deliberate choice to compete in the bullion-collector crossover market dominated at the time by Chinese Pandas and Canadian Maple Leafs.
The extended production window through 2009 means multiple die generations exist across the run, though systematic variety cataloguing for this series remains thin in Western references.