Turkmenistan declared independence from the Soviet Union on October 27, 1991, making 2016 the occasion for this issue. The country has operated under strict single-party rule since independence — first under Saparmurat Niyazov, who renamed months of the calendar after himself and his mother, then under Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, who assumed power in 2007. Commemorative silver issues from Ashgabat are produced in extremely limited quantities with virtually no secondary market infrastructure, leaving mintage verification difficult through conventional numismatic channels.
KM#195 is among a cluster of 2016 anniversary releases, several sharing the same planchet specification.
Turkmenistan declared independence from the Soviet Union on October 27, 1991, making 2016 the occasion for this issue. The country has operated under strict single-party rule since independence — first under Saparmurat Niyazov, who renamed months of the calendar after himself and his mother, then under Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, who assumed power in 2007. Commemorative silver issues from Ashgabat are produced in extremely limited quantities with virtually no secondary market infrastructure, leaving mintage verification difficult through conventional numismatic channels.
KM#195 is among a cluster of 2016 anniversary releases, several sharing the same planchet specification.