Catalog
Berkutchi Test Note
| Issuer | Banknote Factory of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 2011 |
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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 lettering | ҚАЗАҚСТАН ҰЛТТЫҚ БАНКІНІҢ БАНКНОТ ФАБРИКАСЫ Бүркітші (Translation: Banknote Factory of Republic of Kazakhstan Berkutchi) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANKNOTE FACTORY OF REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN 2011 |
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Kazakhstan's Banknote Factory in Almaty — opened in 1997, one of the few central-bank-owned intaglio printing facilities in the post-Soviet space — periodically issues test notes to validate new substrate batches, security feature integration, and press calibration. The "Berkutchi" designation references the Kazakh tradition of eagle hunting, a culturally specific choice that distinguishes these internal test pieces from the generic geometric patterns most other facilities use for the same purpose.
Not released into circulation. Collected primarily through the trade rather than official channels.