Catalog
5000 Tenge
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Tenge (1993-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears a vignette of a golden eagle detail alongside a 6th–7th century BCE ornament recovered from the Taldy II Kurgan burial mound, combined with a detail of the sacred "Tree of Life" branch with hovering bird derived from the headgear of the 3rd–4th century BCE "Golden Man" of the Issyk Kurgan. A DNA spiral motif and the national emblem of Kazakhstan appear in conjunction with Kazakh-language inscriptions. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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| Comments |
Kazakhstan established its own banknote printing facility in Almaty in 1997, making it one of a small number of post-Soviet states to achieve fully domestic note production within the first decade of independence. This 2023 emission is a product of that in-house capability — designed, printed, and issued without recourse to the major European security printers that most regional central banks still depend on.
The security specification here is notably lean for a high-denomination note, with only a watermark and thread declared — worth verifying against the physical example, as later emissions in the 5000 Tenge series have carried more complex features not always reflected in early catalog references.