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Turkmenistani manat
türkmen manat / түркмен манат (Turkmen)
	Old 500 manat banknote
ISO 4217 Code	TMT
User(s)	Turkmenistan
Inflation	11%
Source	The World Factbook, 2006 est.
Subunit
1/100	tennesi (tenge)
Symbol	m
Plural	manat
tennesi (tenge)	tennesi (tenge)
Coins	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 tennesi (tenge)
Banknotes	1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 manat
Central bank	Central Bank of Turkmenistan

The Manat is the currency of Turkmenistan. It was introduced on November 1, 1993, replacing the Russian ruble at a rate of 1 manat = 500 ruble. The ISO 4217 code is TMM and the manat is subdivided into 100 tennesi. The abbreviation m is sometimes used, e.g., 25 000 m is twenty-five thousand manat.

On January 1, 2009 the new manat was introduced with ISO 4217 code TMT.

[edit] Etymology

The word "manat" is borrowed from the Russian word "moneta" meaning "coin". Likewise, 'manat' was the name of the Soviet ruble in both Azeri and Turkmen.

[edit] Coins

In 1993, coins were introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 tennesi. The 1, 5 and 10 tennesi were struck in copper-plated-steel, with the higher denominations in nickel-plated-steel. After a period of inflation, new coins of 500 and 1000 manat were introduced in 1999.

1 tennesi coin

5 tennesi coin

10 tennesi coin

20 tennesi coin

50 tennesi coin

[edit] Banknotes

In 1993, notes were introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 500 manat. These were followed by notes for 1000 manat in 1995 and 5000 and 10,000 manat in 1996. In 2005, a new series of notes was introduced in denominations of 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 and 10,000 manat. All notes bear a portrait of former president Saparmurat Niyazov.

[edit] Redenomination, the new manat

In October 2007 the Turkmen opposition news website Gundogar reported, citing sources at De La Rue, that on January 1st of 2009 Turkmenistan plans to redenominate the manat at the rate of 5,000 to 1 due to inflation ^[1]. Only the highest valued banknote, 500 manat, is planned to bear the portrait of Saparmurat Niyazov, while the others are supposed to have images of buildings in Ashgabat and portraits of Ahmed Sanjar, Oguz Khan, Magtymguly Pyragy and other figures of Turkmen history.^[2]

Will be printed banknotes in denominations of:

1 manat = 5,000 old manat
5 manat = 25,000 old manat
10 manat = 50,000 old manat
20 manat = 100,000 old manat
50 manat = 250,000 old manat
100 manat = 500,000 old manat
500 manat = 2,500,000 old manat

Coins will be minted with the following denominations:

1 tenge = 50 old manat
2 tenge = 100 old manat
5 tenge = 250 old manat
10 tenge = 500 old manat
20 tenge = 1,000 old manat
50 tenge = 2,500 old manat

new banknotes: [1]

[edit] Black market exchange

The manat has a large disparity between its official and black market rates, with the latter being roughly 21% greater than the official. This results in few institutions outside Turkmen Governmental control supporting the official rate. A few multinational companies have continued to adhere to the official rate - such as British Airways - but generally only for purchases by Turkmen passport holders in the country itself.

Current TMT exchange rates
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Rates obtained from these websites could be substantially different from bank and black market rate.

Turkmenistani manat is the highest-valued currency unit in Central Asia.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Krause, Chester L. and Clifford Mishler (1991). Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1801–1991 (18th ed. ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0873411501.
Pick, Albert (1994). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: General Issues. Colin R. Bruce II and Neil Shafer (editors) (7th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-207-9.

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

New currency samples - images of the new 2009 Manat
[2] - Big images of notes and coins Turkmenistani Manat 2009

First manat
Preceded by: Russian ruble Reason: independence from Soviet Union Ratio: 1 first manat = 500 rubles	Currency of Turkmenistan November 1, 1993 – 31 December 2008	Succeeded by: Second manat Reason: inflation Ratio: 1 second manat = 5000 first manat

Second manat
Preceded by: First manat Reason: inflation Ratio: 1 second manat = 5000 first manat	Currency of Turkmenistan 1 January 2009 –	Succeeded by: Current

[0] ttp://www.turkmenistan.ru/?page_id=3&lang_id=en&elem_id=13549&type=event&sort=date_desc

[1] Манаты без Туркменбаши, Аскар Турсунбаев, Гундогар (Russian)

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