Kazakhstan 50 Tenge 2015 Ustyurt’s moufflon

Date of issue: 11 December 2015 Face value: 50 tenge Ustyurt’s moufflon is a subspecies of an Asian moufflon. This is a wild steppe ram of the average sizes on quite long legs. In Kazakhstan live the largest subspecies of Ustyurt’s moufflon which occupies not so much the plateau of the same name in the west of the republic as its steep edges, so-called chinka, and also heights and hollows of the peninsula of Mangyshlak. The moufflon is very mobile, eats poor desert vegetation, and drinks both fresh and bitter and salty water. Obverse: stylized image of the earth in a hand, symbolizing solicitous attitude to its habitants; Logo of the National Bank of Kazakhstan and «50 ТЕҢГЕ » inscription means face value; inscription «ҚАЗАҚСТАН ҰЛТТЫҚ БАНКІ» in state language and inscription «NATIONAL BANK OF KAZAKHSTAN» in English along the circumference. Reverse: an image of an Ustyurt’s moufflon against scales; inscriptions «ҮСТІРТ МУФЛОНЫ» in state language and inscription «OVIS ORIENTALIS ARCAL» in Latin; number «2015» means year of coinage. Lateral face is grooved Weight: 11.17 g. Diameter: 31 mm