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Abai

Date of issue – 14 August 2015

A portrait of the Kazakh educator and thinker Abai was depicted on the obverse of the 20 tenge banknote of 1993. Currently the banknote is withdrawn from circulation.

Abay (Ibrahim) Qunanbayuli (Kazakh: Абай (Ибраһим) Құнанбайұлы (August 10, 1845 – July 6, 1904) was a great Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher. He was also a cultural reformer toward European and Russian cultures on the basis of enlightened Islam.

Kazakhstan 2015 Abai Nickel Silver
Obverse: 
State emblem of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the center; inscriptions "50" and "ТЕҢГЕ" at the bottom indicate the denomination of the coin; to the left and to the right are mirrored elements of the national ornament; inscriptions "ҚАЗАҚСТАН РЕСПУБЛИКАСЫ" in Kazakh and "РЕСПУБЛИКА КАЗАХСТАН" in Russian; at the top is the logo of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan; protruding rim along the circumference.
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In the center of the coin is a fragment of the front of the 20 tenge banknote, which features a portrait of Abai; inscription "АБАЙ" in Kazakh, the number "2015", which indicates the year of coinage, and banknote’s graphic elements are along the circumference; protruding rim along the circumference.
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KZ282CC1
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€1.8
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100000
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11.17g
Diameter: 
31mm
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Product name: Kazakhstan 2015 Abai Nickel Silver
Price: EUR1.80