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50 Tenge Star of Altyn Kyran
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Kazakhstan occupies the central field, depicting a shanyrak (the upper dome of a yurt) with radiating sun rays, flanked by two rearing winged horses (tulpars) and framed by wheat sheaves, with the legend ҚАЗАҚСТАН inscribed on the banner below the shield. The denomination numeral '50' appears prominently in the lower field, with the inscription ТЕҢГЕ flanking it. The circular peripheral legend reads ҚАЗАҚСТАН • ҰЛТТЫҚ БАНКІ (National Bank of Kazakhstan) divided by ornamental bullet stops, with the mint monogram ҚҰБ visible to the lower right of the coat of arms. |
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| Obverse lettering | ••• ҚАЗАҚСТАН • 50 ТЕҢГЕ • ҰЛТТЫҚ БАНКІ ••• ҚҰБ (Translation: National Bank of Kazakhstan 50 Tenge) |
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Altyn Kyran — "Golden Falcon" — is one of Kazakhstan's highest state honors, established in 1993 as the newly independent republic built its own system of national awards from scratch. This 50 tenge piece belongs to a commemorative series the National Bank issued through the mid-2000s celebrating Kazakh state symbols and decorations, a deliberate nation-building exercise in numismatic form. The order itself is awarded for exceptional service to the state, and recipients have included foreign heads of government.