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500 Tenge Year of the Monkey
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Currency | Tenge (1993-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a stylized monkey rendered in bold relief at the centre of a dodecagonal inner panel, depicted in a seated pose with a curled tail, executed in an ornamental decorative style with swirling motifs. The central figure is surrounded by a wheel-like dodecagonal border divided into twelve segments, each containing a miniature relief of one of the twelve animals of the Eastern zodiac calendar. The trilingual legend 'ШЫҒЫС КҮНТІЗБЕСI • ВОСТОЧНЫЙ КАЛЕНДАРЬ • ORIENTAL CALENDAR' encircles the design along the raised rim in Kazakh, Russian, and Latin scripts respectively, with the date '2016' appearing at the base of the border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Part of Kazakhstan's ongoing lunar calendar series, this issue follows a format the National Bank adopted in the early 2000s to tap collector demand across East and Central Asia — markets where lunar year coins move reliably. The monkey year falling in 2016 corresponds to the Fire Monkey in the sexagenary cycle, a combination that recurs only every sixty years.
The 7.78g weight is the standard fractional gold unit pegged to a quarter-troy-ounce equivalent, a sizing decision driven by bullion pricing accessibility rather than any domestic monetary function.