Blue-violet and pale yellow ornament settles into a compact geometric field, giving the fractional note a restrained transitional stillness.
Design & Symbolism
Obverse
The obverse is built around the two tiyn denomination in Kazakh text, set beside an ornate circular medallion and dense geometric background engraving. With no portrait and no signature, the design relies on script, pattern, and denomination structure to give Kazakhstan’s fractional currency a formal place within the first tenge system.
Reverse
The reverse presents the national coat of arms within a pale patterned field, with the two tiyn value repeated beside decorative Kazakh text. The composition shifts from denomination to state emblem, giving this small note the visual language of sovereignty during Kazakhstan’s first independent currency issue.
Collector’s Insight
For collectors, the 1993 2 tiyn issue belongs to Kazakhstan’s first national currency series, released after the country moved from the Russian ruble to the tenge at a rate of 500 rubles to one tenge. The upper-left serial number and snowflake watermark variety identify a distinct early production state within Kazakhstan’s fractional paper currency.
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Serial number and prefix may vary from the reference image.