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1 Tenge
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 1 Tenge (1 KZT) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of the medieval Central Asian scholar and philosopher Äl-Färäbi (870–950) at centre, rendered in intaglio against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The issuer name in Kazakh appears at top and bottom, with the denomination numeral and the inscription ӘЛ-ФАРАБИ and his birth and death years integrated into the design. Floral and geometric ornamental borders frame the note on all sides. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a composite of architectural plans and geometric diagrams attributed to Äl-Färäbi, including intersecting polyhedra, stellar constructions with labelled vertices, and scaled architectural elevations, all rendered in a multicolour intaglio and letterpress underprint. The denomination БІР ТЕҢГЕ appears in bold Cyrillic at centre, flanked on the right by a panel of traditional Kazakh ornamental motifs and the State Emblem of Kazakhstan within a circular cartouche. A star-shaped guilloche numeral medallion occupies the lower right corner. |
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Kazakhstan's inaugural banknote series, introduced in November 1993, replaced the Soviet ruble almost overnight — the government kept the transition secret until the last moment to prevent capital flight and ruble dumping across the border. Citizens had three days to exchange their rubles at controlled rates.
Harrison & Sons, then still operating out of High Wycombe, printed the entire inaugural tenge series. The 1 Tenge is the lowest denomination of that founding issue, and given the inflation that followed through the mid-1990s, it fell out of practical use quickly.