This year’s coveted Banknote of the Year Award has been jointly awarded to the National Banks of Kazakhstan and Georgia. The award was announced by Reconnaissance during this year’s High Security Printing Europe conference in Romania on 15 March 2016. The award recognises outstanding achievement in the design, technical sophistication and security of a banknote…
On the 01 December 2014 the Central Bank of Kazakhstan issued its new 1000 tenge banknote into circulation. The new paper banknote design, which is predominantly coloured yellow and brown, includes 2 SPARK security features from SICPA. It also includes a windowed security thread and watermark amongst other modern anti-counterfeit security features. The note will…
The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan issued a press release on the 12 December 2013 confirming the issue of a new commemorative KZT 1,000 tenge banknote. The note, dedicated to the Second Turkic Kaganate general Kultegin, uses a paper substrate with yellow-brown being the prevalent colour. It has a 12mm holographic band/stripe which…