Catalog
10 000 Manat
| Issuer | Azərbaycan Milli Bankı (National Bank of Azerbaijan) |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a panoramic view of the Shirvanshah's Palace complex in Baku, rendered in blue-violet intaglio against a light underprint with yellow-gold tonal accents. The numeral "10 000" appears in a cartouche at upper left alongside a small blue AMB monogram stamp, with the serial number printed twice in black. The upper border carries the bank title in bold letterpress, while the lower border bears the denomination in Azerbaijani within a dark guilloche band. |
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| Reverse description | The central design consists of a large ornamental cartouche framed by intricate arabesques and scrollwork in purple and gold, enclosing the denomination in both Azerbaijani text and numerals at centre. A vertical panel of traditional Azerbaijani carpet-pattern guilloche occupies the right portion of the note, while matching geometric border ornaments run along the left edge. The bank name is lettered in a rectangular panel at the foot of the central cartouche, and the numeral value is repeated in the lower right corner. |
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Azerbaijan's first national currency series was introduced while the country was still fighting—and losing ground—in the Nagorno-Karabakh war. The manat had replaced the Soviet ruble only in 1992, and runaway inflation almost immediately eroded its value, making high-denomination notes like this one necessary within two years of the currency's introduction.
G&D Leipzig produced the series under difficult procurement conditions for a newly independent state with no established central banking infrastructure. The watermark-only security specification reflects the practical constraints of the commission rather than any oversight.