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5 Tenge
| Issuer | National Bank of Kazakhstan |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Printer | Harrison & Sons, London |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Qurmanġazı Saġırbayulı (1818–1889), the celebrated Kazakh composer and dombyra player, rendered in intaglio to the right of centre, the subject wearing a traditional fur papakha hat and holding his instrument. A large numeral '5' guilloche underprint occupies the left-centre field, with the denomination in Kazakh lettering below and the issuing bank name across the middle register. A rosette guilloche medallion bearing the numeral '5' appears at lower left, and a repeating Kazakh geometric ornamental border frames the note on the right; a vertical band at far left carries the bank name in Cyrillic. |
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| Reverse description | Intaglio vignette of the mausoleum complex of Qurmanġazı Saġırbayulı, rendered across the left and central fields in warm terracotta tones, with stepped stone structures, grave markers, and a conical turret set against a distant landscape. A large numeral '5' appears to the right of the architectural scene, flanked by a pink guilloche panel with circular ornamental motifs and the State Emblem of Kazakhstan within a circular cartouche at upper right. A rosette guilloche medallion with the numeral '5' is positioned at lower right, and a decorative foliate border runs along the top and bottom edges. |
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Kazakhstan's inaugural banknote series — introduced in November 1993 when the tenge replaced the Soviet ruble at a rate of 1 tenge to 500 rubles — was produced entirely by Harrison & Sons before the country had established any domestic printing capacity. The 1993 series was ready before the public announcement; the government kept the switch secret to prevent currency flight, issuing just three days' notice before the ruble ceased to be legal tender.
Harrison & Sons had a long record of printing notes for newly independent states, and the contract here was straightforward. The single watermark security feature reflects the budget constraints of a country less than two years out of the Soviet Union.