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5000 Tenge Kokbori
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | Tenge (1993-date) |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic/Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a stylized wolf's head (Köкböri, the sacred blue wolf of Turkic mythology) facing the viewer, rendered in a striking split composition: the left half is struck in frosted silver relief with naturalistic fur detailing, while the right half is finished in applied gilt with flowing Kazakh ornamental tracery, incorporating a small inset diamond at the eye. The wolf's head is encircled by an intricate border of traditional Kazakh scrollwork. The legend 'КӨКБӨРІ' is inscribed above the central device in Cyrillic script within the upper arc of the decorative border. |
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The Kokbori — Kazakh for "blue wolf" — occupies a singular place in the national mythology of Kazakhstan, regarded as the ancestral totem of the Turkic peoples and a founding symbol in the Oghuz Kagan epic tradition. This coin belongs to Kazakhstan's long-running series of oversized collector issues produced at the Kazakhstan Mint, which has leaned heavily on indigenous cultural iconography since the early 2000s as a deliberate counterpoint to Soviet-era numismatic aesthetics.
At 777.5 grams of .925 silver, these pieces require a specialized pressing process; the integrated 2 mm diamond and selective gilding are applied post-strike rather than during the minting operation itself.