TURKMENISTAN
Pick#....................20
Banknote Book # 213a
Denomination ....1,000 Manat
Date.....................2005
Condition............UNC
Comments…...... Catalog value $8.00. President Saparmurat Niyazov and arms on front. Turkmenbashi's Palace in Ashgabat with gold dome on reverse. Windowed security threat with demetalized TMB 1000. Watermark: Niyazov and cornerstones.
Manat = derived from the Russian word for coins "manyeta" (spells as "moneta") which comes from Latin Moneta, "mint, money".
Printer: Thomas de la Rue (TDLR), England.
See my other notes from this country. Image is not exact note in lot.
NEVER A RESERVE !!
CURRENCY DEN