Another addition from Kazakhstan - Tobol Thinker (Tantalum)

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  1. ddddd

    ddddd Member

    I present another new coin from Kazakhstan that recently arrived. This is the Tobol Thinker. It's a bimetallic coin (combining silver and tantalum).

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    The sculpture featured on the coin was found in 1976 along the river Tobol near Kostanay. It is believed to date back to ancient times and resembles a man thinking (hence the name "Tobol Thinker"). One source compared it to the statues on Easter Island, but there is no definite connection.

    http://masterpieces.asemus.museum/masterpiece/detail.nhn?objectId=14409


    Date of issue: 12.27.2019
    Face value: 500 Tenge
    Diameter: 38.61 mm
    Quality: Proof
    Mintage: 1,000
    Series: Treasures of the steppe
    Obv: State emblem is framed by an ornamental rosette
    Rev: The Thinker is in the center and is surrounded by equations and numbers (a collection of zeros and ones).
    Meaning (according to several websites): representation of the genius of human thought, striving to uncover the secrets of the origin of life and the mysteries of the universe
     
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  4. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    There are some really cool looking Kazakh coins out there. This is no exception.

    I think that 2019 owl is wicked cool looking.
     
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  5. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    So of course I had to Google the "Tobol(sk) Thinker".

    And tantalum.

    Interesting on both counts. Hadn't heard of either, so I didn't know tantalum was an element on the periodic table.
     
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  6. ddddd

    ddddd Member

    That was the source that I was referencing when I mentioned the connection to the Easter Island statues (thanks for adding the link!).
     
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  7. ddddd

    ddddd Member

    NGC update on this coin (one of the better results from my sub):

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  8. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Ooh, sweet! Congrats! You can’t top that result!

    After a couple decades of occasional submissions, it was only just a year or two ago that I “made” my first 70-grade on a coin I sent in:

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