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500 Tenge Year of the Goat
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a boldly rendered stylized goat in high relief at the center of the field, executed in the Scythian animal-art style with decorative spiral motifs adorning its body. The goat is encircled by a twelve-segment wheel, each segment containing a miniature relief of one of the twelve animals of the Oriental zodiac calendar. The broad dodecagonal rim carries a trilingual legend: 'ШЫҒЫС КҮНТІЗБЕСІ' in Cyrillic (Kazakh), 'ВОСТОЧНЫЙ КАЛЕНДАРЬ' in Cyrillic (Russian), and 'ORIENTAL CALENDAR' in Latin, all separated by raised dots. The date '2015' and the mint mark 'KMC' appear at the bottom of the rim. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Part of Kazakhstan's ongoing lunar series, this issue marks the Year of the Goat — a cycle observed across Central Asia with particular weight in Kazakh pastoral tradition, where livestock has historically defined both wealth and social standing. The National Bank has used the lunar series partly as a bullion-adjacent collector program, with gold strikes like this one aimed squarely at the regional and diaspora market rather than domestic circulation.
The .9999 fineness and 7.78 g weight align with a quarter-ounce equivalent format popular among East Asian sovereign mints during this period.