Moldovan Leu in Turkmenistani Manat

MDL Moldovan Leu

Country of application:
Moldavia

Coin denominations in circulation:
50, 25 and 10 baths.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1,000, 500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 lei.

History reference:
The Moldovan leu is the currency of Moldova. The Moldovan leu became the national currency of Moldova in late autumn 1993. Despite the large number of economic reforms and political upheavals that th...e Republic of Moldova experienced during the years of its independence, its money has changed little. The main role in the internal and external markets of the Moldavian Principality was played by foreign silver and gold coins: ducats, florins, zlotys and others. In the 17th century, the Dutch coin “leeuwendaalder”, which depicted a lion, also penetrated the Balkans and Moldova. The inhabitants of Moldova called these coins lei. In 1867, this name was given to the currency of Romania, and after the collapse of the USSR, the monetary unit of Moldova. The Bulgarian lev has exactly the same etymology.

TMT Turkmenistani Manat

Country of application:
Turkmenistan

Coin denominations in circulation:
2 and 1 manat, as well as 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 tenge.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
500, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1 manat.

History reference:
Manat is the monetary unit (national currency) of Turkmenistan. The manat was put into circulation on November 1, 1993. Until that time, since the declaration of independence, Soviet and Russian rubl...es were in circulation in Turkmenistan as a means of payment. The exchange of rubles for manats was carried out in the ratio: 1 manat = 500 rubles, maximum one adult citizen of Turkmenistan could receive up to 60 manats. On November 1, 1993, a new monetary unit, the manat, was put into circulation. All banknotes had the image of Saparmurat Niyazov, the former president of the republic. In January 2009, the government of Turkmenistan carried out a denomination in the proportion of 1 manat of the new model = 5,000 manat of the old model.