New Kazakhstan coin 120 years of Mağjan Zhumabayev

New Kazakhstan coin 120 years of Mağjan Zhumabayev

The National Bank of Kazakhstan has put into circulation 50 tenge coins "120 years of Mağjan Zhumabayev". Coins issued in circulation on 28th of May 2013.

Mağjan Jumabayev (Kazakh: Мағжан Бекенұлы Жұмабаев) was a prominent Qazaq writer and pedagogue, one of the modern Qazaq literature's founders.

Face value: 50 tenge;

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

Averse: State Emblem of Kazakhstan; face value of the coin "50 ТЕҢГЕ"; "2013" means the year of coinage; name of issuing authority in Kazakh "ҚАЗАҚСТАН YЛТТЫҚ БАНКI".

Reverse: the image of the opened stylized book on which on right page Magzhan Zhumabayev's image is placed; on the left page an inscription «МАҒЖАН ЖҰМАБАЕВ 120 ЖЫЛ» in the state language, located in four lines.

The lateral surface (drove) is grooved;

Mintage: 100 000 pcs.

Source of information: The National bank of Kazakhstan www.nationalbank.kz