Catalog
1000 Tenge
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Printer | Banknote Factory of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Қазақстан Республикасы Ұлттық Банкінің Банкнот фабрикасы), Almaty, Kazakhstan (1997-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the 'Tree of Life' motif with bird, derived from the Issyk Kurgan burial mound artifact (3rd–4th century BCE), set against a multilayered guilloche underprint. Compositional elements include a stylized dog's head, a DNA double-helix spiral, and the state arms of Kazakhstan, arranged in an intricate decorative framework reflective of traditional Kazakh ornamental art. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Kazakhstan has operated its own banknote printing facility in Almaty since 1997, one of relatively few former Soviet republics to have established fully domestic production capacity this early. The 2024 reissue of the 1000 Tenge continues a long pattern of incremental security upgrades to the tenge series — though this iteration is notable for its restraint, retaining watermark protection without the polymer substrate or windowed thread features seen on higher denominations in the current family.
TBB#156 is a recent catalog addition; secondary market data on this specific date remains thin.