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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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| Value | Test Note |
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| Obverse description | Predominantly blue and violet tones. At left, a portrait vignette of an elderly man in traditional Kazakh attire accompanied by the Cyrillic inscription «Бүркітші»; at right, stylized Kazakh equestrian costume and a soaring golden eagle rendered in an ornamental style. Petroglyphic motifs run along the upper border as a decorative underprint element. |
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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.