Catalog
10 Tyin
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ҚАЗАҚСТАН ҰЛТТЫҚ БАНКІ ОН ТИЫН 1993 (Translation: National Bank of Kazakhstan, Ten Tïın) |
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| Reverse lettering | ҚАЗАҚСТАН ҰЛТТЫҚ БАНКІ ОН ТИЫН (Translation: National Bank of Kazakhstan, Ten Tïın) |
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Kazakhstan's first banknote series, introduced in November 1993, replaced the Russian ruble almost overnight — the government gave citizens three days to exchange old currency, a deliberately compressed window designed to limit speculative hoarding and prevent ruble inflows from neighboring former Soviet states. The tyin denominations, fractional from the outset, were functionally obsolete almost immediately; inflation rendered sub-tenge notes useless within months of issue, and most were never seriously circulated.
Harrison & Sons printed the full inaugural series. The tyin values are genuinely short-lived artifacts of that rushed monetary transition.