Send help, donate channel [ Ссылка ] The monetary unit of Turkmenistan is the Turkmen manat, introduced into the cash circulation on 1 November 1993. Until that time, since the proclamation of independence on 27 October 1993, as a means of payment in Turkmenistan was circulated Soviet (the USSR see) and Russian rubles. The introduction of new national currency was accompanied by the exchange of Russian rubles to manat 1 manat cost 500 Russian rubles. The first batch of AZN (Bank notes) were printed in Britain and delivered to Turkmenistan on 7 may 1993. Each Turkmen manat is 100 tenge. Nominal range is the national currency of Turkmenistan is presented by notes of denomination of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 AZN.

Banknotes of Turkmenistan was produced in three series, the first two with release dates of 1993 and 2005, was decorated with portraits of the first President Saparmurat Niyazov on the front sides and architectural attractions on the reverse. The third series of banknotes was released on 1 January 2009, in connection with the denomination, old bills exchanged for new at a ratio of 1:5000. The whole of 2009 in the appeal of Turkmenistan there have been three series of banknotes, with the gradual withdrawal of the banknotes of the first two series.

Banknotes of each denomination have their own distinctive image on the front and back sides. In particular, the front side of the banknotes in denominations of 1 manat portrait of Targul-Bey, the first Sultan of the Seljuk state, while the reverse depicts the National cultural centre of great Saparmurat Turkmenbashi. Size 120 x 60 mm. Turkmen poet, a classic of Turkmen literature Makhtumkuli, is located on the obverse of the banknote 10 manats, while the reverse side is decorated with the image of the Building of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan. Size 132 x 66 mm.

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