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500 Tenge Alpamys Batyr
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | At center, the national emblem of Kazakhstan — featuring two mythical creatures flanking a circular shield beneath a rising sun, set within an ornate star-shaped decorative frame. The Kazakh inscriptions 'ҚАЗАҚСТАН ҰЛТТЫҚ БАНКІ' (National Bank of Kazakhstan) arc around the upper field in Cyrillic script. The face value '500 ТЕҢГЕ' appears prominently in the lower field, accompanied by the weight notation '31,1 gr.' and the fineness mark 'Ag 925'. A border of raised beads encircles the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | A heroic full-figure depiction of the legendary Kazakh epic warrior Alpamys Batyr, rendered in high relief in a dynamic artistic style. The warrior is shown in traditional armored attire, bearing a large circular shield decorated with intricate spiral motifs in the lower right, with flowing garments and hair conveying movement. A stylized horse rears above his right shoulder in the upper field. The Kazakh inscription 'АЛПАМЫС БАТЫР' is inscribed in large stylized Cyrillic lettering occupying the left field. The year '2009' appears vertically along the right rim. |
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Alpamys Batyr is the central hero of a Kazakh oral epic of the same name, one of the oldest surviving narratives in the Turkic literary tradition — predating its written transcription by centuries of bardic transmission. The 2009 issue belongs to Kazakhstan's ongoing commemorative program celebrating figures and traditions of the steppe, a series that accelerated sharply in the years following the country's 1991 independence as part of a deliberate effort to codify national cultural identity through official coinage.