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1000 Manat Ruhnama - Five epochs of spiritual development of the Turkmen
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Currency | Manat (1993-2009) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | At center, a rectangular raised panel depicting the cover of the Ruhnama, the spiritual and cultural book authored by President Saparmurat Türkmenbaşy, shown with an ornate decorative binding featuring a stylized harp or lyre motif on the left side and a right-facing portrait bust of the author on the upper right. The inscriptions TÜRKMENIN BÄŞ EÝÝAMYNYŇ RUHY appear within the panel in the field. The legend SAPARMYRAT TÜRKMENBAŞY is inscribed above the panel along the upper border. The denomination 1000 manat is displayed in the lower exergue below the panel. The outer field features radiating sunburst lines emanating from behind the central panel, giving the design a dynamic, polished appearance. |
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The Ruhnama — literally "Book of the Soul" — was written by Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan's president-for-life, and declared a sacred text alongside the Quran. Schools taught it as core curriculum, drivers were required to study it for their license exam, and a mosque in Kipchak was inscribed with passages from it rather than Quranic verse. Niyazov died in December 2006, the same year this coin was issued, and his successor Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow quietly began dismantling the Ruhnama cult almost immediately.
The coin is essentially a state-commissioned artifact of a personality cult that collapsed within months of its minting.