Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
500 Manat Tiger
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
|---|---|
| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Left-facing portrait bust of President Saparmurat Niyazov, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The effigy depicts the president in civilian attire with a collared jacket, his hair styled back. The circular legend arcs around the upper and lower periphery of the coin, divided into two lines identifying his title and name. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | TÜRKMENISTANYÑ PREZIDENTI SAPARMYRAT NYÝAZOW |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Turkmenistan's wildlife coinage program of the late 1990s was part of a broader effort by newly independent Central Asian states to establish numismatic credibility on the international collector market — a revenue stream that required no mineral extraction, only a mint contract and a foreign distributor. The Caspian tiger, Panthera tigris virgata, was an ecologically charged choice: the subspecies had already been extinct in Turkmenistan for decades by the time this coin was struck.