A striking bimetallic commemorative issued by the National Bank of Kazakhstan to mark the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory (WWII). The distinctive Spanish flower shape and eternal flame reverse make this one of the most visually compelling circulating commemoratives in the Tenge series.

Obverse

• Colors: gold-toned aluminum brass center; silver-toned copper-nickel ring
• Central device: Coat of arms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Legend above: ҚАЗАҚСТАН РЕСПУБЛИКАСЫ (Republic of Kazakhstan)
• Edge decoration: National ornament elements along the edges
• Denomination: 200 ТЕҢГЕ below the coat of arms

Reverse

• Colors: gold-toned center; silver-toned ring
• Central device: Eternal flame
• Anniversary numeral: 80 prominently displayed
• Legend: ҰЛЫ ЖЕҢІС (Kazakh) and ВЕЛИКАЯ ПОБЕДА (Russian) — both meaning "Great Victory" — around the circumference
• Years: 1945–2025 below
• Issuer logo: National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan above

Other Characteristics

• Catalog numbers: Numista N#470058
• Composition: Bimetallic — aluminum brass center in copper-nickel ring
• Weight: 7.50 g
• Diameter: 26.00 mm
• Thickness: 1.90 mm
• Shape: Spanish flower
• Technique: Milled
• Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
• Issuing entity: National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Mint: Kazakhstan Mint (Қазақстан теңге сарайы), Ust-Kamenogorsk — mintmark QUB
• Series: Outstanding Events and People
• Commemorative issue: 80th Anniversary of the Great Victory
• Mintage: 10,000,000
• Currency: Kazakhstani Tenge (1993–date)
• Official language(s): Kazakh, Russian

About Kazakhstan

• Origin of name: From Kazakh Qazaq (possibly meaning "free man" or "wanderer") + -stan (Persian for "land of") — Land of the Kazakhs
• Capital: Astana (pop. ~1.5 million city; ~2 million metro)
  • Origin of name: Simply means "capital city" in Kazakh; renamed from Nur-Sultan in 2022, which had been renamed from Astana in 2019 in honor of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev
• Population: ~20 million (UN 2024) — similar to Florida or Romania
• Area: 2,724,900 km² (1,052,090 mi²) — 9th largest country in the world; larger than Western Europe combined
• GDP per capita (PPP): ~$32,000 (IMF 2024)
• Main exports: Oil and gas, uranium, wheat, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, coal
• Borders: Russia (north), China (east), Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan (south), Caspian Sea (west)
• Official/spoken languages: Kazakh (official, national); Russian (official, widely used)
• Ethnicities: Kazakhs (~70%), Russians (~15%), Uzbeks, Ukrainians, and others
• Memberships: United Nations (1992); CIS (1991, founding member); SCO (2001, founding member); EAEU (2015, founding member); OIC (1995); OSCE (1992; hosted 2010 chairmanship)
• Sovereignty:
  • Ancient nomadic empires — Scythians, Huns, Göktürks, and others roamed the steppe for millennia
  • Mongol Empire (13th century) — Genghis Khan's conquest; Kazakhstan formed the core of the Golden Horde
  • Kazakh Khanate (1465–1847) — unified Kazakh tribes; three zhuz (hordes) structure established
  • Russian Imperial expansion (18th–19th century) — gradual annexation; completed by 1860s
  • Soviet era (1920–1991) — Kazakh ASSR (1920), then Kazakh SSR (1936); collectivization caused the devastating famine of 1930–33, killing an estimated 1.5 million Kazakhs
  • Independence (1991) — declared sovereignty on October 25, 1990; full independence December 16, 1991 upon USSR dissolution
  • Republic of Kazakhstan (1991–date)

Kazakhstan Unfiltered

Kazakhstan holds ~12% of the world's uranium reserves and is the world's largest uranium producer — powering nuclear plants on every continent.

The Soviet Union conducted 456 nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeastern Kazakhstan between 1949 and 1989. The surrounding population was never officially warned. Radiation-linked illness persists in the region today.

Kazakhstan was the last Soviet republic to declare independence — its president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, had actively lobbied to preserve the USSR until the very end.

The Baikonur Cosmodrome — leased from Kazakhstan by Russia — is where Yuri Gagarin launched into space in 1961. It remains the world's first and largest operational space launch facility.

Despite being landlocked, Kazakhstan borders the Caspian Sea — the world's largest inland body of water — giving it access to one of the planet's most contested energy corridors.

Kazakhstan's steppe eagle appears on the national flag. The country is home to the Altai Mountains, the Charyn Canyon (often called Central Asia's Grand Canyon), and vast salt flats that were once the floor of the Aral Sea — now largely gone.

The coin that remembers what the steppe paid

Kazakhstan contributed 1.2 million soldiers to the Soviet war effort on the Eastern Front. More than 600,000 did not return. For a population of roughly 6 million at the time, that loss was existential in scale — nearly every family touched.

The eternal flame on this coin's reverse is not decorative. It is a direct reference to the Eternal Flame memorials found in Almaty, Astana, and cities across the former Soviet Union — lit in 1945 and never extinguished, burning for the fallen who have no individual graves.

The date 1945 on this coin marks the Soviet Victory Day — May 9, 1945 — when Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender took effect on the Eastern Front. It remains the most emotionally charged public holiday across the former Soviet republics.

The bilingual inscription — ҰЛЫ ЖЕҢІС in Kazakh and ВЕЛИКАЯ ПОБЕДА in Russian — reflects Kazakhstan's dual linguistic identity: a country navigating its Soviet past and its Kazakh future simultaneously, on a single coin face.

A bimetallic Spanish flower — rare in circulating coinage

The Spanish flower shape (12-scallop edge) is unusual for a circulating coin at this denomination. Most countries reserve this format for collector issues. Kazakhstan has used it across its commemorative 200 Tenge series, making the series immediately recognizable in hand — and in a collection.

With a mintage of 10,000,000, this is technically a mass-issue coin — but the format, the subject, and the 80th anniversary timing make it a natural anchor piece for any Central Asian or Soviet-era collection.

Own this small piece of the steppe's long memory

This is a 2025 UNC example of Kazakhstan's 80th Anniversary of the Great Victory commemorative — struck at the Kazakhstan Mint in Ust-Kamenogorsk, the same facility that has produced Tenge coinage since the currency's introduction in 1993.

It ships in protective packaging, as issued.