Issued to mark the 60th birthday of Saparmurat Niyazov — "Turkmenbashi," the self-styled Father of all Turkmen — this coin belongs to a broader series that also honored his younger brother Muhammetmyrat, an otherwise historically obscure figure elevated here by proximity to one of the most extreme personality cults of the post-Soviet world. Niyazov renamed months of the calendar after himself and family members, banned opera, and commissioned a rotating gold statue of himself in Ashgabat that faced the sun.
Official mintage figures for this series were never publicly disclosed by the Central Bank.
Issued to mark the 60th birthday of Saparmurat Niyazov — "Turkmenbashi," the self-styled Father of all Turkmen — this coin belongs to a broader series that also honored his younger brother Muhammetmyrat, an otherwise historically obscure figure elevated here by proximity to one of the most extreme personality cults of the post-Soviet world. Niyazov renamed months of the calendar after himself and family members, banned opera, and commissioned a rotating gold statue of himself in Ashgabat that faced the sun.
Official mintage figures for this series were never publicly disclosed by the Central Bank.