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500 Tenge Beket-Ata Sanctuary
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Thickness | 2.7 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ҚАЗАҚСТАН РЕСПУБЛИКАСЫ • РЕСПУБЛИКА КАЗАХСТАН • 500 ТЕҢГЕ • ҚАЗАҚСТАН |
| Reverse description | A detailed relief depiction of the Beket-Ata underground mosque and sanctuary complex is rendered in the right portion of the field, showing the cave-carved façade set into a dramatic rocky cliff face, with a stairway and stone pathway leading to the entrance. The left field features a decorative circular ornamental motif. The upper legend reads СВЯТИЛИЩЕ БЕКЕТ-АТА in Russian and БЕКЕТ-АТА ҒИБАДАТХАНАСЫ in Kazakh, arranged along the upper periphery. The fineness and weight inscriptions Ag 925 31,1 gr. and the issue year 2010 appear in the left mid-field. |
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Beket-Ata was an 18th-century Sufi mystic and healer whose underground mosque at Oglandy, carved into chalk cliffs in the Mangystau region, remains an active pilgrimage site. Kazakhstan issued a series of silver coins commemorating sacred sites of the region beginning in the late 2000s, with this piece honoring one of the most visited destinations in the country's west — a place that drew pilgrims even during the Soviet period, when religious observance was officially suppressed.