Catalog
10 Manat
| Issuer | Azərbaycan Milli Bankı (National Bank of Azerbaijan) |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Size | 126 × 63 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Baku's Maiden Tower at centre, with the Shirvanshahs' Palace Mosque rendered as a background vignette to the left. The denomination numeral '10' appears at upper left, with the issuing authority inscription running across the top margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | AZƏRBAYCAN MİLLİ BANKI ON manat (Translation: National Bank of Azerbaijan, Ten Manat) |
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Azerbaijan's 1993 manat series was introduced as the country scrambled to establish a functioning currency after declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The manat had technically been introduced in 1992, but chronic shortages of printed notes meant Russian rubles continued to circulate alongside it well into 1993 — a dual-currency muddle that the National Bank struggled to resolve under severe inflationary pressure.
The series is printed on relatively thin stock, and watermark placement varies noticeably across the run, suggesting production under constrained conditions.