Currency of Turkmenistan 10000 Manat banknote 2000 Turkmenbashi, President Saparmurat Niyazov
Central Bank of Turkmenistan - Türkmenistanyň Merkezi Banky
Obverse: Portrait of the late Turkmenistan president Saparmurat Niyazov "Turkmenbashi" with three "Altyn Ai" gold medals. Niyazov was given the highest civilian honour of Hero of Turkmenistan and "Altyn Ai" - "Golden Moon" gold medals award five times, and in 2003 was officially elevated to the status of Prophet in a declaration from his ministers which read: "
God awards such strength, such greatness, such fate, only to those he favours and sincerely loves as God's messenger.". At center: The Palace of Turkmenbashi in Independence Square, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The presidential palace was named after the first post-independence leader, President Saparmurat Niyazov — a mercurial and often megalomaniacal character who officially went by the title of Turkmenbashi, or Father of the Turkmens. Crescent moon and five five-pointed stars at upper left.
Reverse: The State Emblem of Turkmenistan at upper right (version 1992-2000). Neutrality Monument in Ashgabat - Neutrality Arch (Bitaraplyk Binasy) at left & Rukhiyet Palace — Spirituality Palace of Congresses and Arts (Turkmen: Ruhyýet köşgi) is a palace in the capital city of Asgabat in Turkmenistan.
Watermark: Akhal-Teke horse. Yanardag (Turkmen: Ýanardag/Янардаг "Fiery Mountain", born 1991), is an Akhal-Teke stallion owned by the former President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov.
Size: 156 x 78 mm.
Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, England.
