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50 000 Manat
| Issuer | National Bank of Azerbaijan |
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| Year | 1995 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | AZƏRBAYCAN MİLLİ BANKI ƏLLİ MİN MANAT (Translation: National Bank of Azerbaijan, Fifty Thousand Manat) |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible in the right margin panel; embedded security thread running vertically through the note. |
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Azerbaijan's mid-1990s denominations climbed steeply as the manat shed value following independence and the ongoing war with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh. The 50,000 manat was among the higher-denomination notes issued during this inflationary stretch, a direct consequence of economic collapse rather than any planned currency architecture.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement gave the series a technical credibility the young republic's institutions couldn't yet produce domestically. The 1995 notes were replaced when Azerbaijan redenominated in 2006, converting at 5,000 old manat to one new manat — effectively erasing the entire high-denomination series from circulation.