Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
20 Manat Oguzkhan
| Issuer | Türkmenistanyň Merkezi Banky (Central Bank of Turkmenistan) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central design features the coat of arms of Turkmenistan within a stylised eight-pointed star frame, displaying the Akhal-Teke horse within a circular wreath flanked by five carpet guls, surmounted by a crescent moon and five stars. The dates '1991' and '2011' appear vertically in the left and right fields respectively, marking the 20th anniversary of independence. The gold fineness and weight 'Au 916' and '15,98 gr.' are inscribed in the lower field. The circular legend reads 'TÜRKMENISTANYŇ GARAŞSYZLYGYNA 20 ÝYL' along the upper periphery, with 'ÝIGRIMI MANAT' along the lower periphery, separated by ornamental rosette stops. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Turkmenistan's gold coinage from this period was issued under the presidency of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, who had consolidated power following the death of Saparmurat Niyazov — the self-styled "Turkmenbashi" — in 2006. Oguzkhan, the legendary ancestor-king of the Turkic peoples, became a central figure in Berdimuhamedow's nation-building program, displacing some of the more extravagant Niyazov-era iconography while maintaining the same fundamental impulse toward mythologized national identity.
The .916 fineness places this coin in the traditional 22-karat standard shared with British sovereigns and much of historic Ottoman gold coinage.