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5 Manat Neutrality
| Issuer | Central Bank of Turkmenistan |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | New manat (2009-date) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Soltan Sanjar Türkmen at right, wearing a traditional turban with a star ornament, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint with geometric carpet motifs. At centre, the national coat of arms in a star-shaped vignette, flanked by a map of Turkmenistan with regional inscriptions; at left, a commemorative vignette of the Neutrality emblem with a globe and Turkmenistan flag. Denomination numeral '5' appears at upper left, lower left, and lower right, with the date 2020 and a signature with the title BAŞLYK at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | BÄŞ MANAT TÜRKMENISTANYŇ MERKEZI BANKY ŞU BANKNOT TÖLEGLERIŇ ÄHLI GÖRNÜŞLERI ÜÇIN ÝÖREÝÄR (Translation: Five Manat, Central Bank of Turkmenistan, This banknote is valid for all types of payments) |
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Turkmenistan's 2020 manat series was issued following the redenomination of 2009, in which 5,000 old manat were exchanged for 1 new manat — a correction to decades of post-Soviet hyperinflation that had rendered lower denominations functionally useless. The 5 Manat sits near the bottom of the current series, and De La Rue's production reflects the relatively modest security specification: watermark and thread only, without the optically variable devices found on higher values.
The "Neutrality" designation in the note's name references Turkmenistan's permanent neutrality status, formally recognized by the UN in 1995 — a rare distinction that the government has systematically incorporated into its currency branding since the mid-2000s.