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Asia Briefing

Status symbol - Kazakhstan

Preface

Resource-rich Kazakhstan recently decided that something was missing from its drive to be taken seriously on the global economic stage - a currency symbol. The country's national bank held a competition to come up with a symbol for the tenge, Kazakhstan's currency since 1993, and the winning design was unveiled at a ceremony in late March.

Credits

Writer: Shaun Walker



01 :: Currency symbols for Kazakhstan, featuring the winning entry (left) alongside some of unsuccessful entries (right)

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