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Kazakhstan
 
         
 

 

Country overview

 

 

Ķazaķstan Respublikasy
Capital Astana
Population (millions) 15.3
Area (sq km) 2,717,300
GDP per capita (USD PPP) 11,000

 

 

Polymer overview

 

 

Country ranking 2nd (hybrid) All varieties 9
Year of the first polymer issue 2006 (hybrid) Proof 0
Number of polymer issues 3 (hybrid) Specimen 3
Current status Hybrid and paper Regular 3
New polymer issues expected? Yes Replacement 3

 

 

General information

 

 

 

Kazakhstan is the second country in the world to issue a hybrid bank note .
 

 

 

 

National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan

National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan (qazaqša)
 

 

 

 
Governor

Anwar Galimullaevich Saidenov
(January 2004 to ?)

Grigoriy Aleksandrovich Marchenko
(January 2009 to date)
 

 

 

 

National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan Annual reports: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
 

 

Bank notes for sale (additional offers)

 

 

Basic varieties of bank notes can be purchased further down this page from the bank notes' tables.

 

This table shows additional offers:

 

PIC REF. DESCRIPTION PRICE BUY
SH1R1 10,000 Tenge. Hybrid. Year 2006. Low serial number
AA 0000056 (from the first bundle). [P33]		 €295.00
Paper note P-new P-new. 1,000 Tenge. 2011. Image €11.00
                   

 

Bank notes

 

COUNTRY REF. CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Kazakhstan SH1 Tenge 10,000 149x79 P33 TDLR Hybrid

REF. DATE SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION PRICE PICS
SH1S1 2006 Saidenov SPECIMEN; serial number AA 0000000 not given F  B
images from WPB
SH1R1 2006 Saidenov [P33] €88.50
 F  B
SH1Z1 2006 Saidenov REPLACEMENT;  Л Л or Λ Λ prefix [P33] €125.00 F  B
 

 

Issued on 15.11.06. The bank note features Optiks™ hybrid technology of De La Rue.

 

National Bank dedicated a web site (no longer active) to the new bank note series; the English text from the web site is available here.

 

National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan's description of 10,000 Tenge bank note (SH1)

 

 

Kazakhstan, 10,000 Tenge, issued in 2006. This is the second hybrid bank note in the world. Front: Vertical bank note format with Astana-Baiterek monument as the predominant feature. The monument symbolises peace and consent. Kazakhstan's coat of arms at left of the tower, national flag at upper right, and a part of the national anthem in the background. Moose at right. An open palm with signatures of Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakstan's president, is depicted at the bottom. The palm symbolises openness and good will. Back: Map of Kazakhstan with canyons in the background. Akorda, the presidential residence in Astana, in the foreground.

 

 

Exchange of National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan bank notes (2006)

 

COUNTRY REF. CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Kazakhstan SH2 Tenge 1,000 134x70 P-new TDLR Hybrid

REF. DATE SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION PRICE PICS
SH2S1 2010 Marchenko SPECIMEN; serial number AA0000000 not given F  B
 images from Christoph Thomas
SH2R1 2010 Marchenko   €11.00
 F  B
SH2Z1 2010 Marchenko REPLACEMENT; Λ Λ prefix €16.00
 F  B
 

 

Issued on 05.01.10. Issued in 2010 and dedicated to the presidency of Kazakhstan of The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in 2010. 10,000,000 bank notes were printed.

  

COUNTRY REF. CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Kazakhstan SH3 Tenge 10,000 149x79 P-new TDLR Hybrid

REF. DATE SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION PRICE PICS
SH3S1 2011 Marchenko SPECIMEN not given F  B
SH3R1 2011 Marchenko   €87.00
 F  B
SH3Z1 2011 Marchenko REPLACEMENT; Λ Λ prefix €119.50
 F  B
 

 

Issued on 04.07.11. 30 million notes were printed.