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1000 Manat 60th Birthday of President - Elder brother Niyazmurat
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Value | 1000 Manat (1000 TMM) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | TÜRKMENISTANYÑ MERKEZI BANKY • SAPARMYRAT TÜRKMENBAŞYNYŇ AGASY NYÝAZMYRAT • |
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Issued to mark the 60th birthday of Saparmurat Niyazov — who had by 2000 already renamed himself "Türkmenbaşy," meaning Father of all Turkmen — this coin belongs to a state cult of personality with few modern parallels. Niyazov held absolute power from 1985 until his death in 2006, renaming months of the year after himself and family members, banning lip-syncing, and commissioning a rotating gold statue of himself atop Ashgabat's neutrality monument. The honorific "Elder Brother Niyazmurat" in the coin's title reflects the elaborate genealogical mythology he constructed around his own name.