View source for Kazakhstan 2005 500 tenge KM-62

[[Image:SAlbum 55-3671.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 55, lot 3671]]

This specimen was lot 3671 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $120. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "KAZAKHSTAN: Republic, AR 500 tenge, 2005, The Gold of Nomads Series - The Head of Tiger, with gilt design element, struck at the Kazakhstan Mint, Öskemen, with original COA and case of issue, NGC graded PF69 Ultra Cameo." This denomination was used for KM 60, KM 61, KM 62 (shown here), KM 63, KM 124, KM 192, KM 193 in 2005. Öskemen was formerly known as Ust-Kamenogorsk in the far east of [[Kazakhstan]]. "Oskemen is often recognized as one of the most polluted cities in Kazakhstan. The atmosphere holds the byproducts of the city's heavy metals production: nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, zinc, cadmium, chlorine, arsenic, carbon, beryllium, phenol, benzol, sodium hydroxide, ammonia, and many more." Nursultan Nazarbayev was president of Kazakhstan 1991-2019. At present (July 2026), US$1 = 479 tenge.

''Recorded mintage:'' 5,000.

''Specification:'' 31.10 g, 0.925 fine silver with gold plating, 38.6 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-62.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, ''Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

''Link to:''
* [[Kazakhstan 2004 100 tenge Fr-4|2004 100 tenge, King Kroisos Treasure, 1/25 oz gold]]
* [[Kazakhstan 2004 500 tenge KM-117|2004 500 tenge, Gold of Nomads Series - The Golden Deer]]
* [[Kazakhstan 2006 500 tenge KM-72|2006 500 tenge, Gold of Nomads Series - The Golden Rider]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 2005]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 55]][[Category: Silver crowns of Asia]]