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500 Tenge Year of the Snake
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Cyrillic |
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| Reverse lettering | 2013 ШЫҒЫС КҮНТІЗБЕСI • ВОСТОЧНЫЙ КАЛЕНДАРЬ • ORIENTAL CALENDAR KMC |
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Kazakhstan's lunar gold series follows the Chinese zodiac calendar, an unusual choice for a Central Asian nation whose own cultural astronomy traditions differ substantially — the adoption reflects both regional trade relationships with China and the commercial appetite of the international bullion collector market. The Snake year falls in a 12-year cycle that last aligned in 2001 and won't return until 2025.
The .9999 fineness places this above the more common .999 standard, a distinction Kazakhstan's mint has consistently maintained across the series to compete directly with Royal Canadian Mint and Perth Mint lunar issues.