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500 Tenge Roly Poly
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse description | The state emblem of the Republic of Kazakhstan is depicted centrally within an arched panel, featuring two mythical golden eagles flanking a shanyrak (the crown of a yurt) above a rising sun, all rendered in high relief. The numeral '500' appears prominently in the lower field beneath the emblem, with the word 'ТЕҢГЕ' inscribed directly below. Traditional Kazakh ornamental scrollwork (characterized by curvilinear floral motifs) frames the left and right sides of the field. The bilingual legend 'ҚАЗАҚСТАН РЕСПУБЛИКАСЫ' runs along the left border and 'РЕСПУБЛИКА КАЗАХСТАН' along the right border, both in Cyrillic script oriented vertically. |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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The "Roly-Poly" coin is part of Kazakhstan's ongoing series of novelty bullion issues that the National Bank began producing in the late 2000s to attract collector interest beyond conventional numismatic markets. This particular piece was designed to physically rock and right itself when tilted, achieved through an asymmetrically weighted planchet — the base is thicker and denser than the walls, shifting the center of mass low enough to produce the self-righting effect without altering the nominal weight specification.
The mechanism is borrowed directly from the children's toy of the same name, widely known across the former Soviet republics.