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50 Manat 290th birthday of Makhtumkuli Pyragy
| Issuer | Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 50 Manat |
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| Obverse description | The central device features the Coat of Arms of Turkmenistan in high relief, depicting a Akhal-Teke horse within a central medallion, surrounded by traditional Turkmen carpet motifs and agricultural symbols arranged within an eight-pointed star. A crescent moon and five stars appear at the upper portion of the arms. The legend TÜRKMENISTANYÑ DÖWLET TUGRASY arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination ELLI MANAT is inscribed along the lower periphery. The fineness AU 916,7 and weight 39,94 gr. appear in the lower field, flanking the coat of arms. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Makhtumkuli Pyragy, the 18th-century Turkmen poet whose ghazals became foundational texts of Turkmen national identity, spent much of his life under the shadow of Afsharid and later Qajar pressure on the region's tribal confederacies. His father, Döwletmämmet Azady, was himself a significant literary figure, and the two represent an unusually documented father-son intellectual lineage in Central Asian letters. Turkmenistan has issued commemorative gold for Pyragy repeatedly since independence, making him the single most commemorated figure in the republic's numismatic program.