Catalog
500 Manat
| Issuer | Azərbaycan Respublikası (Republic of Azerbaijan) |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Reference(s) | P#13B |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in tones of purple and rose on a pale ground, with a geometric guilloche border framing the entire field. The Azerbaijani national flag in colour appears at the left, beside the issuing authority inscription 'AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI'. A central vignette panel carries the bold legends 'İSTİQRAZ VƏRAQƏSİ' and 'BEŞ YÜZ MANAT', with a star-shaped ornamental medallion bearing the year '1993' at the right. Serial numbers and series designations are printed in two rows, at the top and bottom of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | DÖVLƏT DAXİLİ UDUŞLU İSTİQRAZI İSTİQRAZ VƏRAQƏSİ BEŞ YÜZ MANAT AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI SERİYA № DƏRƏCƏ 500 1993 |
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Azerbaijan's first post-Soviet banknote series was issued under extraordinary pressure — the country had declared independence in 1991 but was simultaneously fighting the Nagorno-Karabakh war, running a collapsing economy still partly dependent on Russian ruble transfers, and building monetary institutions from scratch. The 500 Manat was among the higher denominations needed almost immediately as inflation eroded the lower values into irrelevance within months of issue.
The P#13B suffix distinguishes a signature variety, a detail that matters more than it might appear: cabinet and central bank leadership turned over repeatedly during this period, and signature changes on these early notes map fairly directly onto political turbulence.