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| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Currency | Tenge (1993-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | БАНКНОТТАРДЫ ҚОЛДАН ЖАСАУ ЗАҢМЕН ҚУДАЛАНАДЫ ҚАЗАҚСТАН ҰЛТТЫҚ БАНКІ ЕКІ МЫҢ 1996 ТЕҢГЕ ҚАЗАҚСТАН ҰЛТТЫҚ БАНКІ 1996 ӘЛ - ФАРАБИ - 870 – 950ж (Translation: Counterfeiting banknotes is punished by law, National Bank of Kazakhstan, Two Thousand Teñge, National Bank of Kazakhstan, Äl-Farabï - year 870-950) |
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| Reverse lettering | ПОДДЕЛКА БАНКНОТ ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ПО ЗАКОНУ 2000 ДВЕ ТЫСЯЧИ ТЕНГЕ (Translation: Counterfeiting banknotes is punished by law, Two Thousand Tenge) |
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Kazakhstan's 1996 banknote series was the country's second issue, replacing the emergency tenge notes rushed out in 1993 when the Soviet ruble zone finally collapsed. Harrison & Sons, then still operating out of High Wycombe before the company's eventual absorption into De La Rue, produced this and other denominations in the series to a specification that prioritized durability for a country where banking infrastructure outside Almaty remained thin and notes tended to stay in circulation far longer than intended.
The 2000 tenge was the highest denomination in this series at release, a reflection of ongoing inflationary pressure through the mid-1990s that steadily eroded the purchasing power of lower values.