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Offline Marek

Kyrgyzstan on the Great Silk Road.
June 02, 2008, 04:07:14 AM
Hi there
Recently I got 2 interesting coins from Kyrgyzstan ( former USSR state) . I want to share their images with you.
The history of The Great Silk Road connecting the East and West from the earliest times amount  to several thousand years. For thousands of years the Great Silk Road made a bond between people and cultures. According to generally received opinions of researchers, three branches of the Great Silk Road crossed the territory of Kyrgyzstan in the ancient times. These 2 coins are dedicated to it. Uzgen architectural complex is a unique architectural monument of the global importance related  to the best samples of Central Asian art of building XI-XII centuries. The complex is situated in the territory of the ancient Ozghon city, which in IX-X centuries was considered to be the largest trading center located at the crossroads of the Great Silk Way routes.
Second coin is dedicated to Tashrabat- it is a historical and cultural heritage of the Great Silk Road. A mystery of Tashrabat is that of unicity of its architecture, whose analoque has not been found among the architectural monuments of Middle East thus far
Both coins are made from Ag 925/Au999, weight 28,28 grams and mintage 1500 ex.

Marek


 


Offline Marek

Re: Kyrgyzstan on the Great Silk Road.
June 02, 2008, 04:10:15 AM
Sorry, I have some problems to upload an images. Here goes a second picture.

Regards,
Marek

 


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Re: Kyrgyzstan on the Great Silk Road.
June 02, 2008, 04:57:57 AM
Double of above

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Re: Kyrgyzstan on the Great Silk Road.
June 02, 2008, 05:02:20 AM
Beautifull
Click on image and then right click on bigger image
Click on properties and copy the link from the pop up screen
In the post click on Insert Image this is the second from the left and paste the link in between the two img between brackets
you see on the screen


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Re: Kyrgyzstan on the Great Silk Road.
June 02, 2008, 09:29:35 AM
Two beautiful coins, Marek.  They certainly commemorate an interesting time in our History, don't you think?  I think I'd like to know more about both of those places. :)

Do add this coin to my collection?
 
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Re: Kyrgyzstan on the Great Silk Road.
June 02, 2008, 10:37:02 AM

Yes I agree, two very nice coins.

Thanks for showing them to us Marek

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Re: Kyrgyzstan on the Great Silk Road.
June 02, 2008, 11:11:40 AM
Thanks for sharing. Marek.

Beautiful coins.


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Re: Kyrgyzstan on the Great Silk Road.
June 02, 2008, 12:58:29 PM
Ooooohhh. I need those! :)

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Re: Kyrgyzstan on the Great Silk Road.
June 03, 2008, 12:34:17 PM
Very nice coins, Marek! I'll have to go out now and get those for my collection! Thanks! :)

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Offline RenaL

Re: Kyrgyzstan on the Great Silk Road.
June 08, 2008, 09:24:22 AM
Turkey has also released a commemorative coin with the same place ;Uzgan.


http://www.darphane.gov.tr/HPARA2008/ipekyolu.htm

The coin is the third of "The Silk Road" serie. First two bwing "The Great Wall of China" ;



http://www.darphane.gov.tr/resimler/Silk.jpg

and "Turfan - Uygur" area.



http://www.darphane.gov.tr/hparalar/ipekyolu2.htm



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Re: Kyrgyzstan on the Great Silk Road.
June 08, 2008, 10:00:09 AM
Oh, I love coins that 'tell' a story.  Where can I get these?

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