Nakhchivan is an exclave of Azerbaijan, physically separated from the rest of the country by Armenian territory. The autonomous republic has issued its own coinage since the 1990s, a privilege reflecting its distinct administrative status under the Azerbaijani constitution — though its currency relationship with Azerbaijan remains formally integrated. The 2015 series updated earlier designs and extended the run of a coinage that functions as much as a political statement about Nakhchivan's autonomy as anything else.
Nakhchivan is an exclave of Azerbaijan, physically separated from the rest of the country by Armenian territory. The autonomous republic has issued its own coinage since the 1990s, a privilege reflecting its distinct administrative status under the Azerbaijani constitution — though its currency relationship with Azerbaijan remains formally integrated. The 2015 series updated earlier designs and extended the run of a coinage that functions as much as a political statement about Nakhchivan's autonomy as anything else.