The
manat is the
currency of
Turkmenistan. It was introduced on 1 November 1993, replacing the
Russian ruble at a rate of 1 manat = 500 rubles. The
ISO 4217 code was
TMM, and the manat was subdivided into 100
tenge. The abbreviation
m is sometimes used, e.g., 25 000 m is twenty-five thousand manat.