{"title":"Turkmenistan","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"turkmenistan-p-3-10-manat-1993-unc-turkmenbashy-1","title":"Turkmenistan P-3 10 Manat 1993 UNC World's Wildest Dictator Turkmenbashy!","description":"\u003cp\u003eTurkmenistan P-3 10 Manat 1993 UNC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDictator Turkmenbashy\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52074905108791,"sku":"TK3UNC","price":1.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/3o_44b3856b-11b9-4edc-b04f-8977e6811f07.jpg?v=1780771427"},{"product_id":"turkmenistan-p-41-100-manat-2017-vf-xf-commemorative-5th-asian-indoor-martial-games-1","title":"Turkmenistan P-41 100 Manat 2017 VF+\/XF Commemorative—Martial Arts Games","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare \u003cstrong\u003ecirculating commemorative\u003c\/strong\u003e issued by Turkmenistan to mark the \u003cstrong\u003e5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games\u003c\/strong\u003e, held in Ashgabat in September 2017 — one of the most lavish sporting events ever staged in Central Asia, and a showcase of Turkmenistan's extraordinary marble-clad capital. Printed by \u003cstrong\u003eDe La Rue\u003c\/strong\u003e, London, this note combines striking commemorative imagery with the full security apparatus of a circulating banknote.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFront\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors:\u003c\/strong\u003e green (dominant engraving), light green background, gold accents\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLeft motif:\u003c\/strong\u003e Commemorative design for the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCenter:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coat_of_arms_of_Turkmenistan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCoat of arms of Turkmenistan\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRight portrait:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oghuz_Khagan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOguz Khan Türkmen\u003c\/a\u003e (legendary founding ancestor of the Turkic peoples)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMap:\u003c\/strong\u003e Turkmenistan\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDenomination:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eYÜZ MANAT\u003c\/em\u003e (One Hundred Manat)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuer:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eTÜRKMENİSTANYNň MERKEZİ BANKY\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLegend:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eŞU BANKNOT TÖLEGLERİN ÄHLI GÖRNÜŞERİ ÜÇİN YÖREYÄR\u003c\/em\u003e (This banknote is valid for all types of payments)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cbt.gov.tm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMerdan Annadurdyyev\u003c\/a\u003e (Head of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBack\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors:\u003c\/strong\u003e green background, dark green engraving, gold accents\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ashgabat_Olympic_Complex\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAşgabat Olympia Stadium\u003c\/a\u003e, Aşgabat\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLegend:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eTÜRKMENİSTANYNň MERKEZİ BANKY — XXI ASYR – TÜRKMENİN ALTYN ASYRY\u003c\/em\u003e (Central Bank of Turkmenistan — The 21st century is the golden age of the Turkmen)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDenomination:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eYÜZ MANAT\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOther Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e Single issue — Prefix AA–AF (2017)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog numbers:\u003c\/strong\u003e P-41; TBB B233; Numista N#204011\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oguz Khan Türkmen, crescent moon with five five-pointed stars, numeral 100\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150 × 75 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssued:\u003c\/strong\u003e 17 September 2017\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Circulating commemorative\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Bank_of_Turkmenistan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCentral Bank of Turkmenistan (Türkmenistanyñ Merkezi Banky)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_La_Rue\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDe La Rue\u003c\/a\u003e, London, United Kingdom\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cbt.gov.tm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMerdan Annadurdyyev\u003c\/a\u003e (Head of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkmenistani_manat\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNew Manat (TMT)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Turkmenistan\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name:\u003c\/strong\u003e From \u003cem\u003eTürkmen\u003c\/em\u003e (the Turkic people) + Persian \u003cem\u003e-stan\u003c\/em\u003e (land of) — \"Land of the Turkmen\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapital:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ashgabat\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAshgabat\u003c\/a\u003e (pop. ~1.1 million)\n    \u003cul\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name:\u003c\/strong\u003e From Persian \u003cem\u003eeshqâbâd\u003c\/em\u003e — \"city of love\" or \"city of devotion\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~6.3 million (UN 2023) — roughly Missouri or Maryland\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e 488,100 km² (188,500 mi²) — roughly the size of Spain, or California plus Nevada\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGDP per capita (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePPP\u003c\/a\u003e):\u003c\/strong\u003e ~$17,000 (IMF est.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural gas (world's 4th largest reserves), cotton, petroleum products, electricity\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBorders:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kazakhstan (north), Uzbekistan (north and east), Afghanistan (southeast), Iran (south); Caspian Sea (west)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial\/spoken language:\u003c\/strong\u003e Turkmen (official); Russian widely spoken\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEthnicities:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkmen_people\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTurkmen\u003c\/a\u003e (~85%); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uzbeks\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eUzbeks\u003c\/a\u003e (~5%); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russians_in_Turkmenistan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRussians\u003c\/a\u003e (~4%); others\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMemberships:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eUN\u003c\/a\u003e (1992, permanent neutrality status recognized 1995); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCIS\u003c\/a\u003e (associate member); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOIC\u003c\/a\u003e (1992);\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n    \u003cul\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003eAncient Persia and Parthian Empire — region part of successive Iranian empires from ~550 BC\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003eArab conquest (7th century AD) — Islam introduced; region becomes part of the Abbasid Caliphate\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003eSeljuk Empire (11th–12th century) — Turkmen tribes rise to dominate the region; Merv becomes one of the world's largest cities\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003eMongol conquest (13th century) — Merv destroyed by Genghis Khan's forces in 1221, one of history's most devastating urban destructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003eTimurid and Safavid periods (14th–18th century)\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003eRussian conquest (1869–1885) — Transcaspian Oblast established; Ashgabat founded 1881\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003eTurkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1924–1991) — Soviet satellite state\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003eIndependence (1991–date) — declared October 27, 1991; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saparmurat_Niyazov\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSaparmurat Niyazov\u003c\/a\u003e (Turkmenbashi) rules until 2006; succeeded by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gurbanguly_Berdimuhamedow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow\u003c\/a\u003e (2007–2022), then his son \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serdar_Berdimuhamedow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSerdar Berdimuhamedow\u003c\/a\u003e (2022–date); this note issued during Gurbanguly's presidency\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTurkmenistan Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTurkmenistan is one of the world's most \u003cstrong\u003eclosed and isolated states\u003c\/strong\u003e — ranked among the least free countries on Earth by every major press freedom and democracy index\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe capital Ashgabat holds the \u003cstrong\u003eGuinness World Record\u003c\/strong\u003e for the highest density of white marble-clad buildings — the entire city center was rebuilt from scratch after a devastating 1948 earthquake killed an estimated 110,000–170,000 people (nearly two-thirds of the population)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eDarvaza gas crater\u003c\/strong\u003e — the \"Door to Hell\" — has been burning continuously in the Karakum Desert since Soviet engineers accidentally ignited it in 1971; it is one of the most surreal natural sights in Central Asia\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFormer president \u003cstrong\u003eTurkmenbashi\u003c\/strong\u003e renamed the months of the year after himself and his mother, banned opera, ballet, and gold teeth, and built a \u003cstrong\u003erotating golden statue\u003c\/strong\u003e of himself that always faced the sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTurkmenistan has the world's \u003cstrong\u003e4th largest natural gas reserves\u003c\/strong\u003e, yet much of the population lives in poverty due to state mismanagement\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003e2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games\u003c\/strong\u003e cost an estimated \u003cstrong\u003e$5 billion\u003c\/strong\u003e to host — an almost incomprehensible sum for a country of 6 million people — and included the construction of an entire Olympic village and stadium complex\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTurkmenistan is one of only \u003cstrong\u003ethree permanently neutral countries\u003c\/strong\u003e in the world (alongside Switzerland and Austria), a status enshrined by the UN in 1995\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Most Expensive Sporting Event You've Never Heard Of\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn September 2017, Turkmenistan spent an estimated \u003cstrong\u003e$5 billion\u003c\/strong\u003e — nearly its entire annual state budget — to host the \u003cstrong\u003e5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games\u003c\/strong\u003e. The event was, by any measure, one of the most extravagant sporting spectacles in history: a purpose-built \u003cstrong\u003eOlympic village\u003c\/strong\u003e clad in white marble, a \u003cstrong\u003estadium shaped like a horse\u003c\/strong\u003e (the Akhal-Teke, Turkmenistan's sacred breed), and an opening ceremony that reportedly involved thousands of performers and a fleet of drones. The world barely noticed. Turkmenistan's state media declared it a triumph of the \"\u003cstrong\u003egolden age of the Turkmen\u003c\/strong\u003e\" — the phrase inscribed on the reverse of this very note.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis banknote was issued specifically for the occasion — one of the rare instances where a \u003cstrong\u003ecirculating commemorative\u003c\/strong\u003e captures not just a date, but an entire geopolitical moment: a hermit state's attempt to announce itself to the world through sport, marble, and spectacle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAshgabat: The White City\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eAshgabat Olympic Stadium\u003c\/strong\u003e on the reverse is part of a complex that cost more per capita to build than any comparable facility in history. Ashgabat itself is one of the strangest capitals on Earth — a city of \u003cstrong\u003egleaming white marble\u003c\/strong\u003e, golden domes, and near-empty boulevards, rebuilt entirely after the catastrophic \u003cstrong\u003e1948 earthquake\u003c\/strong\u003e and then rebuilt again by successive presidents into a monument to their own power. Walking its streets, visitors describe the sensation of being inside an architectural fever dream — grand, immaculate, and eerily quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOwn This Piece of Turkmenistan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOwn this \u003cstrong\u003eVF+\/XF Turkmenistan P-41 100 Manat 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e — a circulating commemorative from one of the world's most secretive states, issued for one of history's most extravagant sporting events, printed by De La Rue and bearing the image of a stadium that cost a nation its annual budget to build. An extraordinary addition to any Central Asian, commemorative, or world banknote collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52074905207095,"sku":"TK41VF+\/XF","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/41o_73809912-24e6-4d99-8ee1-523c557a9d13.jpg?v=1780771522"}],"url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/collections\/turkmenistan.oembed","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}