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1000 Manat Saparmyrat Niyazov
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Currency | Manat (1993-2009) |
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| Reverse description | Left-facing bust of Saparmurat Niyazov, first and lifelong President of Turkmenistan (served 1991–2006), rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field. Two laurel or olive sprigs flank the lower portion of the portrait. The surrounding circular legend, divided into upper and lower arcs, bears the President's official title and name in Turkmen Latin script. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Saparmurat Niyazov, who ruled Turkmenistan under the self-bestowed title Turkmenbashi — "Father of all Turkmens" — died in December 2006, making this 2007 issue a posthumous commemorative struck under his successor Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Niyazov had renamed months of the year after himself and family members, banned opera, and erected a gold-plated rotating statue of himself in Ashgabat that tracked the sun.
The Central Bank issued this coin while the country was quietly dismantling some of his more extreme personality cult legislation — an awkward political moment for a commemorative bearing his likeness.