20 Tenge 1999, 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Kanysh Satpayev [Kazakhstan]

Coins-Asia

Reverse
Along the lower edge arc, the name of Academician Kanysh Imantayevich Satpayev in Kazakh 'Қ.И. СӘТБАЕВ' and the mint year '1999'. In the central part, a portrait of Satpayev, facing right in half-profile.
Obverse
Along the rim, inscriptions in Kazakh: on the left '...ҚАЗАҚСТАН', on the right 'ҰЛТТЫК БАНКI...', which translate to 'NATIONAL BANK OF KAZAKHSTAN'; at the bottom — 'ТЕҢГЕ', flanked on both sides by raised dot elements. In the central part, the national coat of arms: a shanyrak (the upper domed part of a yurt) in the form of a cross inscribed in a circle, from which support rays radiate, surrounded on the sides by mythical winged horses, tulpars. Above, between the wings, a five-pointed star; below, the name of the country 'KAZAKSTAN'. Below the coat of arms, the large numeral 20, flanked on both sides by raised national ornaments. To the right of the coat of arms, the 'ҚҰБ' mintmark of the Kazakhstan Mint.