Catalog
5000 Manat
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 1999-2000 |
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| Currency | Manat (1993-2009) |
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| Reverse description | The State Emblem of Turkmenistan occupies the central vignette, incorporating a representation of the Akhal-Teke stallion Yanardag (foaled 1991), formerly owned by President Nyýazow, rendered in gold tones within the emblematic design. A guilloche underprint fills the background, with denomination and anti-counterfeiting inscriptions in Turkmen script arranged across the note. |
| Reverse lettering | TÜRKMENISTANYŇ MERKEZI BANKY TÜRKMENISTANYŇ MERKEZI BANKYNYŇ BANKNOTLARYNY GALP ÝOL BILEN ÝASAMAK KANUN BOÝUNÇA YZARLANYLÝAR BÄŞ MÜŇ MANAT (Translation: Central Bank of Turkmenistan. All forgeries of the banknotes of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan are punishable by law. Five Thousand Manat) |
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Turkmenistan's first banknote series, introduced after independence from the Soviet Union in 1993, carried portraits of Saparmurat Niyazov — "Turkmenbashi" — on every denomination. By the time this high-value note entered circulation in 1999–2000, Niyazov's cult of personality had become one of the most extreme in the post-Soviet world, and the currency itself functioned partly as a political tool, reinforcing his image in daily transactions.
The manat suffered severe inflation throughout the 1990s, which is precisely why a 5000-manat note existed at all. A watermark-only security profile on a high denomination was thin protection by that point, and counterfeiting was a documented concern across the series.