The National Bank of Kazakhstan has put into circulation 50 and 500 tenge coins named "Nauryz Holiday". Coins are from "Customs, national games of Kazakhstan" series. Coins issued in circulation on March 20th 2012.

Nowrūz (Persian: نوروز‎,, meaning "[The] New Day") is the name of the Iranian New Year in Iranian calendars and the corresponding traditional celebrations. Nowruz is also widely referred to as the "Persian New Year".

Nowruz is celebrated and observed by Iranian peoples and the related cultural continent and has spread in many other parts of the world, including parts of Central Asia, Caucasus, South Asia, Northwestern China, the Crimea and some groups in the Balkans.

Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in Iranian calendar. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed. As well as being a Zoroastrian holiday and having significance amongst the Zoroastrian ancestors of modern Iranians, the same time is celebrated in parts of the South Asian sub-continent as the new year. The moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator and equalizes night and day is calculated exactly every year and Iranian families gather together to observe the rituals.

50 tenge CuNi coin.
Face value: 50 tenge;

Diameter – 31 mm, thickness – 2 mm, weight – 11,17 gram;

Obverse: State Emblem of Kazakhstan against ornamental background; face value of the coin "50 ТЕҢГЕ"; elements of national ornamental pattern; two legends in Kazakh "ҚАЗАҚСТАН РЕСПУБЛИКАСЫ" an in Russian "РЕСПУБЛИКА КАЗАХСТАН".

Reverse: Image of conventionalized shanyrak of jurt as symbol of a home that unites under the shelter multinational people of Kazakhstan, who meets people’s holyday of the spring – Nauryz Meiramy; inscription “Наурыз мейрамы” in the upper sector, year of issue “2012”; trade mark of Kazakhstan mint.       

The lateral surface is reeded

Mintage: 300 000 pcs.

500 tenge silver coin.
Face value: 500 tenge;

Quality: proof, metal - silver 0.925;

Diameter – 38.61 mm, weight – 31,1 gram;

Mintage: 4000 pcs.

Obverse: State Emblem of Kazakhstan against ornamental background; face value of the coin "500 ТЕҢГЕ"; elements of national ornamental pattern; two legends in Kazakh "ҚАЗАҚСТАН РЕСПУБЛИКАСЫ" and in Russian "РЕСПУБЛИКА КАЗАХСТАН".

Reverse: Image of conventionalized shanyrak of jurt as symbol of a home that unites under the shelter multinational people of Kazakhstan, who meets people’s holyday of the spring – Nauryz Meiramy; inscription “Наурыз мейрамы” in the upper sector, year of issue “2012”; trade mark of Kazakhstan mint; metal, standard of coinage and weight of the coin "Ag 925 31,1gr." .