Kazakhstan's Banknote Factory in Almaty — established in 1997, making it one of the younger sovereign currency printers in Central Asia — produced this note on Durasafe, a hybrid substrate developed by Louisenthal that bonds a polymer core between two outer layers of paper. The format gives issuers the durability advantages of polymer without abandoning the tactile properties that cash-handling infrastructure and the public tend to expect from paper currency.
The 10,000 tenge has been Kazakhstan's highest circulating denomination for some years, and successive redesigns have tracked the country's ongoing investment in domestic printing capability rather than outsourcing to De La Rue or similar international houses.
Kazakhstan's Banknote Factory in Almaty — established in 1997, making it one of the younger sovereign currency printers in Central Asia — produced this note on Durasafe, a hybrid substrate developed by Louisenthal that bonds a polymer core between two outer layers of paper. The format gives issuers the durability advantages of polymer without abandoning the tactile properties that cash-handling infrastructure and the public tend to expect from paper currency.
The 10,000 tenge has been Kazakhstan's highest circulating denomination for some years, and successive redesigns have tracked the country's ongoing investment in domestic printing capability rather than outsourcing to De La Rue or similar international houses.