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500 Tenge Aisha Bibi
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Tenge (1993-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the face value '500 TENGE' prominently displayed in the upper field, rendered in large numerals above the denomination in Cyrillic script. The central field is occupied by an elaborate geometric decorative pattern composed of interlocking star-shaped and cross-shaped arabesques in the traditional Central Asian Islamic ornamental style. A circular legend surrounds the design along the rim, reading in Cyrillic at the top and in Latin script at the bottom, bearing the issuer's name in both Kazakh and English. The mint mark 'KMC' appears in the lower right of the central field. |
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| Mintage | 2003 KMC - Proof - 3,000 |
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Aisha Bibi was an 11th-century Karakhanid noblewoman whose mausoleum near Taraz is one of the few surviving examples of pre-Mongol Central Asian terracotta architectural decoration. Legend holds she died en route to meet her betrothed, Karakhan, and was buried where she fell — the mausoleum erected in her memory by Karakhan himself. The structure nearly collapsed before Soviet-era restoration stabilized it, though the restoration remains controversial among architectural historians for replacing original terracotta panels.