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1000 Manat 14th anniversary of independence
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts the Independence Monument of Turkmenistan — a tall column surmounted by a crescent, rising above a domed architectural base — flanked to the right by a right-facing truncated portrait bust of President Saparmurat Niyazov (Turkmenbashi). To the left of the monument, the numeral 14 and the word YYL are inscribed in stylized script, denoting 14 years. An olive branch wreath frames the lower portion of the central design. The denomination 1000 MANAT appears in the exergue, and the legend TURKMENISTANYN GARASSYZLYGYNA arcs around the upper field, all within a geometric octagonal border decorated with traditional Turkmen carpet motifs. |
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Turkmenistan marked its 14th independence anniversary in 2005 still under the rule of Saparmurat Niyazov — "Turkmenbashi" — whose personality cult had by then reshaped the country's calendar, renamed months after himself and his mother, and erected a rotating gold statue of himself in Ashgabat. Gold commemoratives issued during this period were effectively state vanity pieces, produced in extremely limited quantities for presentation and diplomatic purposes rather than any meaningful numismatic market.
KM# 105 is among the scarcer Niyazov-era issues to surface in Western auction records, largely because distribution was tightly controlled through state channels.