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5000 Manat

Issuer Central Bank of Turkmenistan
Year 2005
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Printer De La Rue Currency, London
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Obverse lettering TÜRKMENISTANYŇ MERKEZI BANKY ŞU BANKNOT TÖLEGLERIŇ ÄHLI GÖRNÜŞLERI ÜÇIN ÝÖREÝÄR BÄŞ MÜŇ MANAT
(Translation: Central Bank of Turkmenistan, This banknote is valid for all types of payments, Five Thousand Manat)
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The 2005 series was issued during the final years of Saparmurat Niyazov's presidency — a period when Turkmenistan's currency denominations had ballooned dramatically following the hyperinflationary collapse of the early 1990s, making high-value notes like this one a practical necessity for ordinary transactions rather than a prestige denomination. Niyazov's government had rejected a redenomination until after his death in late 2006, so this note entered circulation knowing it would have a short lifespan.

De La Rue printed the series to relatively modest security specifications — watermark only, with no metallic thread. For a denomination of this face value at the time, that was a thin barrier against counterfeiting.

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