Catalog
100 Manat
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | A central vignette presents a full-width architectural view of the Oguzhan Presidential Palace complex in Aşgabat, rendered in fine line engraving with its distinctive golden dome and colonnaded façade set against a pale blue guilloche background. A vertical security thread is visible running through the center of the note. The denomination 'ÝÜZ MANAT' appears in a decorative band along the lower portion, flanked by ornamental borders, with the bank name and motto inscription across the top margin. |
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| Protection type | Security thread, Hologram, Watermark, OVI |
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The 2009 manat series was introduced following Turkmenistan's second redenomination, which took effect on 1 January 2009 — the new manat replaced the previous manat at a rate of 5,000 to 1, itself a currency that had replaced the Soviet ruble in 1993. That compression of monetary history into a single exchange rate tells you most of what you need to know about the inflation Turkmenistan absorbed through the Niyazov years.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement placed this series among the more technically sophisticated issues in Central Asia at the time. The OVI ink and hologram package was a deliberate credibility signal from a government keen to project institutional stability under newly installed President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.