Turkmenistan, 1993 AD.,
1 Tenge (Teňňe) (16 mm / 1,89 g), copper-plated steel, 1,90 g. (?) theor. mint weight, mintage ? , axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge,
Obv.: TÜRKMENISTANYÑ PREZIDENTI / SAPARMYRAT NYYAZOW , bust of President Saparmyrat Nyyazow facing left.
Rev.: TÜRKMENISTANYÑ TEÑÑESI / 1 / 1993 , value number in a decorated circle, date below.
KM 1 .
Year / Mintage
1993 / ?
Turkmenistan, formerly also known as Turkmenia, is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen SSR). Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states. It is bordered by Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, Uzbekistan to the east and northeast, Kazakhstan to the north and northwest and the Caspian Sea to the west.
The Turkmen government operates as a single-party system. Turkmenistan was ruled by President for Life Saparmurat Niyazov (called "Türkmenbaşy", "Leader of the Turkmens") until his sudden death on 21 December 2006. Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov was elected the new president on 11 February 2007.