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500 Tenge Korean fairy tale - The legend of Tangun
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Currency | Tenge (1993-date) |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Tangun is the mythological founder of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, said to have been born of a heavenly father and a bear-woman who endured 100 days in a cave eating only garlic and mugwort to take human form. The story dates in written form to the 13th-century Samguk Yusa. Kazakhstan's interest in the myth connects to broader Silk Road cultural diplomacy — the country has issued several coins linking Central Asian and East Asian legendary traditions, a program that reflects the shared nomadic and shamanistic heritage both cultures claim.