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50 Tenge Gabit Musirepov
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Kazakhstan occupies the upper central field, depicting a shanyrak (the crown of a yurt) with sun rays radiating outward, flanked by mythical winged horses (tulpars) and framed by wheat sheaves, with an eagle displayed below and the inscription ҚАЗАҚСТАН on a ribbon at the base of the shield. The large denomination numeral '50' is prominently rendered in the lower central field. The circular legend reads ••• ҚАЗАҚСТАН • 50 ТЕҢГЕ • ҰЛТТЫҚ БАНКІ ••• ҚҰБ, distributed around the periphery of the coin. |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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Gabit Musirepov was one of the central figures of Soviet-era Kazakh literature, a playwright and prose writer whose work navigated the demands of socialist realism while preserving distinctly Kazakh narrative traditions. He died in 1985, and this coin was issued as part of Kazakhstan's ongoing commemorative series honoring national cultural figures following independence — a program that served the dual purpose of building a post-Soviet national identity and establishing the tenge as a currency with cultural weight behind it.
KM#69 is a copper-nickel commemorative with limited collector penetration outside Central Asian specialist circles, keeping secondary market prices modest.