Date of issue: 07 June 2013
The portrait of the national composer Kurmangazy was placed on the face side of banknote of 5 tenge denomination of the 1993 sample. Currently the banknote is withdrawn from circulation.
Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev (Kazakh: Құрманғазы Сағырбайұлы; Russian: Курмангазы Сагырбаев; 1823–1896), was a Kazakh composer, instrumentalist, and folk artist. He is buried in the Astrakhan region of Lower Volga in today's Russian Federation.