National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan/ Kazakhstan Mint

500 tenge

31,1 g

38,61 mm

Silver 925°

3 000 pcs

Proof

Designers of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Mint

On the obverse in the center of the coin, there is the state Coat of Arms of the Republic of Kazakhstan, framed by elements of national ornament.

On the reverse of the coin there is an image of the legendary elder playing the kobyz (traditional music instrument).

The legend of Korkyt is an epic monument of the Turkic peoples. Korkyt-ata is a sage, a tribal leader, a fortune teller. He is a creator of kobyz, akyn, storyteller, patron of poets and musicians. The great philosophical problem in the legends of Korkyt-Ata is the problem of time and space.