Catalog
10 000 Manat
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Printer | De La Rue, Gateshead |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of President Saparmyrat Nyýazow (Türkmenbaşy) at center, flanked by the Palace of Türkmenbaşy and the State Emblem of Turkmenistan. The design incorporates fine guilloche underprint patterns with traditional Turkmen carpet motifs as decorative elements. Bank name and denomination inscriptions appear in intaglio lettering against a multicolored background. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents a panoramic view of Ashgabat centered on the Independence Monument (Garassyzlyk Binasy) with its tall spire and sculptural base, set against a backdrop of government buildings and the Kopet Dag mountain range rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The State Emblem of Turkmenistan in full color occupies the upper right, while a column of traditional carpet gul motifs runs along the left margin. Denomination numerals appear in guilloche cartouches at lower left and upper right. |
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By 2005, Turkmenistan's first manat series had been so badly eroded by inflation that the 10,000 denomination — introduced as a high-value note — had become an everyday transaction instrument worth roughly pocket change in dollar terms. The series was retired entirely in 2009 when the second manat replaced it at a rate of 5,000 old manat to one new unit, wiping out the denomination class entirely.
De La Rue's Gateshead facility handled production. The electrotype watermark feature is relatively modest security for a high-denomination note of this period, reflecting the limited forgery threat in a tightly controlled, largely cash-dependent economy under Niyazov's government.