Catalog
1000 Tenge
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Value | 1000 Tenge (1000 KZT) |
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| Obverse lettering | БАНКНОТТАРДЫ ҚОЛДАН ЖАСАУ ЗАҢМЕН ҚУДАЛАНАДЫ ҚАЗАҚСТАН ҰЛТТЫҚ БАНКІ МЫҢ 1000 ТЕҢГЕ ҚАЗАҚСТАН ҰЛТТЫҚ БАНКІ 1994 ӘЛ - ФАРАБИ - 870 – 950ж (Translation: Counterfeiting banknotes is punished by law, National Bank of Kazakhstan, One Thousand Tenge, National Bank of Kazakhstan, Al-Farabi - 870–950) |
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| Protection description | Al-Farabi portrait watermark visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note. |
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| Comments |
Kazakhstan's first domestic currency series launched in November 1993, replacing the Soviet ruble at a rate of 1 tenge to 500 rubles — a practical severance from the ruble zone that the newly independent republic had been negotiating against considerable pressure from Moscow. Harrison & Sons, a British security printer with deep Commonwealth credentials, handled the production of the higher denominations, including this 1000 tenge.
The 1994 date reflects issue year rather than printing year; the physical notes were produced ahead of the 1993 introduction and released into circulation as demand required.