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| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Weight | 7.98 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Turkmenistan's permanent neutrality status was formally recognized by the United Nations in December 1995 — an unusual diplomatic achievement for a former Soviet republic still governed by one of the most isolated regimes in Central Asia. President Niyazov, who died in 2006, had elevated neutrality to a near-mythological national principle, embedding it in architecture, curriculum, and official iconography. By 2010, his successor Berdimuhamedow was using commemorative issues like this one as soft instruments of continuity, signaling an unbroken ideological line.
The .917 fineness matches the traditional 22-karat crown gold standard, an uncommon choice for post-Soviet commemoratives.