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5 Manat Neutrality
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 5 Manat |
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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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| Reverse lettering | TÜRKMENISTANYŇ MERKEZI BANKY XXI ASYR – TÜRKMENIŇ ALTYN ASYRY BÄŞ MANAT (Translation: Central Bank of Turkmenistan, The 21st century is the golden age of the Turkmen, Five Manat) |
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Turkmenistan's 2020 manat series was issued following the redenomination of 2009, in which 5,000 old manat were exchanged for 1 new manat — a correction to decades of post-Soviet hyperinflation that had rendered lower denominations functionally useless. The 5 Manat sits near the bottom of the current series, and De La Rue's production reflects the relatively modest security specification: watermark and thread only, without the optically variable devices found on higher values.
The "Neutrality" designation in the note's name references Turkmenistan's permanent neutrality status, formally recognized by the UN in 1995 — a rare distinction that the government has systematically incorporated into its currency branding since the mid-2000s.