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500 Tenge Abai
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Diameter | 21.87 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a detailed portrait of the celebrated Kazakh poet and philosopher Abai Qunanbaiuly facing slightly to the right, rendered in high relief against a stylized background evoking a fragment of written text and traditional Kazakh geometric ornamentation. The year '2015' is inscribed vertically along the left border of the design. The fineness and weight inscription 'Au 999 7,78 g' appears in the upper field. The name 'АБАЙ' is engraved in bold Cyrillic lettering along the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse lettering | Au 999 7.78 g 2015 АБАЙ |
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Abai Qunanbaiuly, the 19th-century Kazakh poet and philosopher whose work underpins much of modern Kazakh cultural identity, became the subject of a sustained commemorative coin program from the National Bank of Kazakhstan beginning in the early 2000s. This 2015 gold issue is one of several denominations struck in his honor, reflecting the Kazakhstani state's consistent use of Abai's image as a nationalistic touchstone across multiple coin series over more than a decade.
The 7.78g gold specification places this squarely in the quarter-ounce category — a deliberate commercial choice that aligns it with internationally traded bullion fractions while maintaining collector appeal.