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500 Tenge Year of the Wild Boar, Silver
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Currency | Tenge (1993-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a stylized nighttime scene with a wild boar and piglets amid snowflakes and floral elements, rendered in high relief against a matte background. The design is set within the dodecagonal coin format with a polished inner field. The legend 'REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN' arcs along the upper border in Latin script, while 'ҚАЗАҚСТАН РЕСПУБЛИКАСЫ' arcs along the lower border in Kazakh script. The denomination '500 ТЕҢГЕ' appears within the legend, alongside the fineness and weight marks 'Ag 925 31,1g' positioned in the field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Cyrillic |
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Kazakhstan's lunar series draws on the Chinese calendar cycle that has been observed across Central Asia since the Mongol period, when the twelve-animal system became deeply embedded in steppe timekeeping and administrative record. The 2019 wild boar issue is one of the more straightforward entries in the National Bank's collector program — competently struck at the Kazakh Mint in Ust-Kamenogorsk, which has produced the bulk of the country's commemorative silver since the mid-1990s.