Catalog
5 Manat
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 5 Manat |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Sultan Sanjar Türkmen at right, rendered in intaglio against a guilloche underprint in shades of brown and green. At centre-left, a map of Turkmenistan is set within an ornate vignette alongside the national coat of arms. The numeral '5' appears twice flanking the central design, with the date '2009' printed to the right. |
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| Obverse lettering | BÄŞ MANAT TÜRKMENISTANYŇ MERKEZI BANKY ŞU BANKNOT TÖLEGLERIŇ ÄHLI GÖRNÜŞLERI ÜÇIN ÝÖREÝÄR (Translation: Five Manat, Central Bank of Turkmenistan, This banknote is valid for all types of payments) |
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Turkmenistan's second series of manat notes, introduced in 2009, followed the 2008 redenomination that replaced the old manat at a rate of 5,000 to 1 — one of the more dramatic currency resets of the post-Soviet period, driven largely by the need to eliminate zeros that had accumulated through the hyperinflation of the 1990s. Thomas De La Rue handled the full series, a fairly routine arrangement for Central Asian states building new monetary infrastructure after independence.
The security specification on this denomination is notably lean for a De La Rue product of this vintage — watermark and thread only, without the foil patches or color-shifting ink applied to higher values in the same series.