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500 Tenge Altai Snowcock
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Currency | Tenge (1993-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the large numeral '500' above the denomination 'ТЕҢГЕ' in bold relief, with the date '·2006·' below. A decorative spiral ornament appears above the numeral. The fineness and weight inscription 'Ag 925 24 gr.' is positioned in the upper right field. A broad border of stylized traditional Kazakh ornamental motifs encircles the design, with the legend 'ҚАЗАҚСТАН ҰЛТТЫҚ БАНКІ' (National Bank of Kazakhstan) running along the lower periphery in Cyrillic script. |
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| Reverse description | Two Altai snowcocks (Tetraogallus altaicus) are depicted in high relief within a naturalistic rocky mountain setting, with a leafy branch extending above them in the upper field. The larger bird stands prominently in the right foreground facing left, while a second bird appears in the left middle ground. The Kazakh legend 'АЛТАЙ ҰЛАРЫ' arcs along the left border and the Latin scientific name 'TETRAOGALLUS ALTAICUS' arcs along the right border, together framing the central wildlife composition. |
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The Altai snowcock (*Tetraogallus altaicus*) occupies some of the most inaccessible terrain in Central Asia — high-altitude scree slopes along the Altai range where Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, and China converge. Kazakhstan's early 2000s wildlife coin program was one of the more ambitious numismatic conservation efforts in the post-Soviet space, using collector silver to draw international attention to endemic species with no meaningful protection profile at the time. The snowcock was listed as near-threatened, with population estimates genuinely uncertain due to the difficulty of surveying its habitat.