Description
The commemorative gold and silver coins “Year of the Snake” are the third coins, which continued the series of coins “Oriental Calendar”. The Year of the Snake according to the Oriental Calendar begins on 10 February 2013.
Commemorative coins are made at the Republican State Enterprise on the Right of Economic Management “Kazakhstan Mint of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan”.
The coins are designed in accordance with the Concept of Design of Banknotes and Coins of the National Currency - Kazakhstani Tenge approved by the Decree No. 1193 of 25 September 2003 of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Obverse
In the center of the face (obverse) of the coin there are mythological symbols of constellations of the celestial map of the Arch and legend (“Au 999 7,78 g” on the gold coin and “Ag 925 31.1 g” on the silver coin), which denotes the metal a coin is made of, its fineness and weight. A wide satin-finished edge runs along the perimeter of the coin, on the full-circle of which there are: a plate with a depressed legend “ҚАЗАҚСТАН RESPUBLIKASY” (Republic of Kazakhstan) in the state language and REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN in the English language and a stylized image of the Sun.
Reverse
On the back side (reverse) of the coins, in the center thereof, there is an image of the snake - a symbol of the year 2013 according to the Oriental Calendar, and a trademark of Kazakhstan Mint. A wide satin-finished edge runs along the perimeter of the coin, on the full-circle of which there are: a plate with a depressed legend “2013”, depressed legend “ШЫҒЫС КҮНТІЗБЕСІ” (SHYGYS KUNTIZBESI) in the state language, “ВОСТОЧНЫЙ КАЛЕНДАРЬ” (VOSTOCHNY KALENDAR”) in the Russian language and “ORIENTAL CALENDAR” in the English language. Other eleven symbols of the Oriental Calendar are arranged on the inside of the satin-finished edge
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