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500 Manat Gorogly Beg
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of President Saparmurat Niyazov occupying the central field, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished proof background. The effigy is unadorned and depicted in civilian dress. A circular legend in Latin script arcs around the upper periphery, with the president's name inscribed along the lower border, flanked on each side by a small olive or laurel sprig ornament. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Görogly (sometimes transliterated Gör-ogly) is the hero of a Turkic oral epic tradition stretching across Central Asia, celebrated in Turkmenistan as a foundational cultural figure. The 2001 commemorative series of which this coin forms part was issued in the early years of Saparmurat Niyazov's presidency, a period when the state aggressively promoted Turkmen cultural identity — including officially glorifying the Görogly cycle alongside Niyazov's own mythologized national narratives.
The .925 silver specification and 28.28 g weight place this squarely within the standard commemorative module Turkmenistan adopted from the outset of its post-Soviet coinage program.