500 Manat Shirkebir Mausoleum

Issuer	Central Bank of Turkmenistan
Year	2000
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Reference(s)	KM#23, Schön#37

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Reverse description	Central design depicts a detailed relief view of the Shirkebir Mausoleum (Şirkebir Guburhana-Metjidi), a 10th-century funerary mosque located in the Balkan region of Turkmenistan, shown as a rocky, eroded architectural mass rising from a flat base. The inscription BALKAN appears above the monument, with the denomination 500 MANAT to the right. Below the monument, the Turkmen inscription ŞIRKEBIR GUBURHANA-METJIDI / X asyr / 2000 identifies the structure and its historical period. The outer border features a decorative band of traditional Turkmen geometric ornament, with the circular legend TÜRKMENISTANYŇ MERKEZI BANKY arcing above and BEÝIK TARYHY MIRASLARYMYZ along the lower arc.
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Reverse lettering	TÜRKMENISTANYÑ MERKEZI BANKY BALKAN 500 MANAT 2000 • BEÝIK TARYHY MURASLARYMYZ • (Translation: Turkmenistan Central Bank The great historical heritage)
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