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| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKMENISTANYÑ MERKEZI BANKY Ag 925 YÜZ MANAT 28,28 gr. |
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| Reverse lettering | DURNUKLY ULAG ULGAMY BOÝUNÇA ÄHLIUMUMY MAŞLAHATY 2016 |
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Turkmenistan held the First Global Conference on Sustainable Transport in Ashgabat in November 2016, positioning the landlocked nation as a regional logistics hub at a moment when its government was aggressively promoting the Lapis Lazuli trade corridor connecting Afghanistan through Turkmenistan to Europe. The conference drew UN backing and was treated domestically as a significant diplomatic achievement under Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow's administration.
The .925 silver commemorative series issued by the Central Bank during this period followed a pattern of pairing international events with collector coins — less about numismatic demand than projecting soft power. KM#196 is one of several issues from that year sharing the same 28.28g specification, a weight borrowed directly from the Commonwealth crown standard.