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500 Tenge Al-Farabi
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Weight | 7.78 g |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | A facing portrait bust of the medieval Islamic philosopher Al-Farabi (Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi, c. 872–950 AD) rendered in fine detail, depicting the scholar wearing a traditional turban and robes, set against an architectural background suggestive of historic Central Asian stonework. The name 'ӘЛ-ФАРАБИ' is inscribed in bold Cyrillic lettering along the lower portion of the field. The date '2011' appears to the left, with the gold fineness and weight 'Au 999 7.78 gr.' noted in the upper left area of the field. |
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Al-Farabi — the 10th-century philosopher, mathematician, and music theorist born in the Farab region of what is now southern Kazakhstan — became a focal point of post-Soviet Kazakh national identity, with authorities consciously elevating him alongside figures like Abai Kunanbayev as intellectual anchors for the newly independent state. This coin was issued as part of Kazakhstan's broader commemorative gold program launched after independence, which drew heavily on historical Turkic and Central Asian scholarship to establish cultural legitimacy distinct from the Soviet framing of the same figures.
Al-Farabi's exact birthdate remains disputed among historians — estimates range across several decades in the mid-9th century.