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50 Manat Akhal-Teke horse
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | * TÜRKMENISTANYÑ MERKEZI BANKY * 2013 (Translation: Turkmenistan Central Bank) |
| Reverse description | A full-color applied scene within the central field depicting two Akhal-Teke horses in full gallop across a verdant landscape, with rolling hills visible in the background — one horse grey-white and one bay-dun. The surrounding border bears the legend TÜRKMENIŇ AHALTEKE BEDEWI arcing along the upper periphery, with ELLI MANAT along the lower periphery, and the metallic specifications Ag 925 and 28,28 gr. inscribed at left and right respectively, separated by ornamental rosette stops. |
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The Akhal-Teke is one of the oldest surviving horse breeds on earth, originating on the steppes of what is now Turkmenistan and prized for at least 3,000 years for its stamina in desert conditions. Soviet collectivization policies in the 1930s nearly destroyed the breed entirely — herds were slaughtered for meat, and the population collapsed to fewer than a thousand animals by some estimates.
Post-independence Turkmenistan under Saparmurat Niyazov elevated the Akhal-Teke to an instrument of national identity, a role it has retained under Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, himself a published author on the subject.