Catalog
50 Manat
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 50 Manat |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Gorkut Ata (Dede Korkut), the legendary Turkmen sage and poet, at right centre, rendered in fine intaglio engraving with a white beard and traditional turban. To the left, the national coat of arms of Turkmenistan is set within a guilloche underprint that incorporates a map of Turkmenistan and a multicolour numeral 50 security element. Denominations and issuer name appear in large letterpress at top and bottom. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Colour-shifting ink |
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Turkmenistan's second manat series, introduced in 2009, replaced the transitional currency that had itself only been in circulation since 2009 — a redenomination at 5,000 old manat to 1 new manat, one of the more extreme currency conversions of the post-Soviet period. Thomas De La Rue handled the entire series, a common choice for newly redenominated currencies where governments want an internationally credible production house behind the paper.
The colour-shifting ink on this denomination was a meaningful security step for a country where counterfeiting of the transitional notes had been a documented concern in border regions.