National Bank has issued commemorative coins dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko.

Taras Shevchenko was a famous Kobza player, poet, prose writer, and artist. The city of Aktau bore his name for a time. Today the city of Fort Shevchenko in Mangistau region of Kazakhstan, which is located on the Mangyshlak peninsula (Cape Tyubkaragan), bears this name.

Obverse: An image of the state emblem of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the central part, composed with Kazakh and Ukrainian ornaments; face value of the coin — «50», and inscription «ТЕҢГЕ» in the lower sector; elements of national ornament, secularly represented at the left and right parts; inscriptions «ҚАЗАҚСТАН РЕСПУБЛИКАСЫ» in state language and «РЕСПУБЛИКА КАЗАХСТАН» in Russian along the circumferences; protruding edge along the circumference.

Reverse: an image of Taras Shevchenko and two Ukrainian ornamental inserts; inscriptions «ТАРАС ШЕВЧЕНКО» in Russian and «200 ЖЫЛ/РОКIВ» in state and Ukrainian languages; «2014» at the upper sector means year of coinage; protruding edge along the circumference.