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50 Tenge Tusau Kesu - Cutting Hobbles
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The National Coat of Arms of Kazakhstan is displayed centrally against a decorative tapestry-patterned background, flanked on either side by traditional Kazakh ornamental scrollwork motifs. Two mythical winged horses (tulpars) support a solar shield charged with crossed arrows and an ornate star above, with the inscription ҚАЗАҚСТАН rendered on a ribbon below the shield. The bilingual legend ҚАЗАҚСТАН РЕСПУБЛИКАСЫ and РЕСПУБЛИКА КАЗАХСТАН arcs around the left and right periphery respectively in Cyrillic script. The large numeral '50' appears in the lower central field, with the denomination • ТЕҢГЕ • inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts a finely rendered scene of the traditional Kazakh Tusau Kesu ceremony, in which a robed elder wearing a traditional felt hat stands to the left holding a staff, his right hand extended in a welcoming gesture toward a young child taking its first steps in the centre of the composition. A seated woman in traditional dress kneels to the right, steadying the child. A cut cord is shown beneath the child's feet, symbolising the severing of the hobbles. A decorative ornamental motif appears in the upper right field, flanked by the two-word legend ТҰСАУ КЕСУ arcing across the upper rim. The mint mark appears at lower right, and the date 2007 is inscribed in the lower exergue, all within a beaded inner border. |
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Tusau Kesu is a Kazakh ceremony marking a toddler's first steps, in which a braided cord binding the child's legs is cut to symbolize an unobstructed path through life. The National Bank of Kazakhstan issued a series of such coins documenting traditional customs at risk of fading from everyday practice — a cultural documentation project as much as a numismatic one.
Copper-nickel strikes from this series are the circulation-quality counterparts to silver collector versions issued concurrently.