TEŇŇE: COIN OF TURKMENISTAN
50 teňňe, 2009: Turkmenistan
TÜRKMENISTANYŇ MERKEZI BANKY: Central Bank of Turkmenistan.
50 teňňe 2009.
Popular ornaments from Turkmen traditional carpets.
GARAŞSYZ BITARAP TÜRKMENISTAN: Independent Neutral Turkmenistan.
The "Independence Monument" in Ashgabat (the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan) superimposed over the map of Turkmenistan.
Royal Mint (United Kingdom).
- Brass: 26 mm - 7 g
- Reference price: 0.5$
COIN TEŇŇE — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- TURKMENISTAN (1993-...): teňňe = 1/100 manat
About the name of the coin teňňe: the name of the teňňe coin (like the tenge of Kazakhstan) comes from the Turkic term "tamga", which denoted a coin stamp, a sign on the coin. There is information that the term tamga itself comes from the Sanskrit "तंक" — ancient silver weight, stamped coin.
By the way, some numismatic sources (as well as the English-language Wikipedia) indicate the denomination of the changeable coin of Turkmenistan in the format "tenge" (instead of the Turkmen term "teňňe" indicated on the coin).
