Kazakhstan 5,000 Tenge Banknote, 2011, P-38a.2, UNC

This uncirculated 5,000 Kazakh tenge banknote was introduced in December 2011. The note was honored as the IBNS Bank Note of the Year 2012. The front side is vertically oriented and contains stylized snow leopards, the Kazakh national emblem, the flag of Kazakhstan, flying doves, and two landmarks in Astana: the Independence Palace and the Kazak Eli monument. The back side of the note is horizontally oriented and has an outline of Kazakhstan that contains images of a field of flowers, the Zailijsky Alatau ridge of the Tian Shan mountain range, the Independence Monument, and the Kazakhstan Hotel in Almaty, and a holographic stripe of apples, doves, and 5000. The note has a solid security thread, a 6-mm windowed security thread, and a Samruk bird with electrotype 5000 watermark. The note is 144 mm long and 76 mm wide.