New Kazakhstan coin 150th anniversary of Alikhan Bukeikhanov

New Kazakhstan coin 150th anniversary of Alikhan Bukeikhanov

National Bank of Kazakhstan has released 100 tenge nickel silver commemorative coin "150th anniversary of Alikhan Bukeikhanov" under  coin series on September 16th 2016.

Alikhan Nurmukhameduly Bukeikhanov (Kazakh: Әлихан Нұрмұхамедұлы Бөкейханов; Russian: Алихан Нурмухамедович Букейханов; March 5, 1866 — September 27, 1937) was a Kazakh statesman, politician, publicist, teacher, writer and environmental scientist who served as the Prime Minister of the Alash Autonomy from 1917 to 1920. He was leader and founder of the Alash Orda national liberation movement. He sided with the westernizers in the Kazakh political scene who were promoting the idea of the Western culture into the Kazakh steppe.

100 tenge nickel silver coin.

Face value: 50 tenge;
Diameter – 31 mm, thickness – 2 mm, weight – 11,17 gram;
Mintage: 100 000 pcs.

Source of information: The National bank of Kazakhstan www.nationalbank.kz