Azerbaijan

Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (1918-1920), Azerbaijani Soviet Republic (1920-1922), Republic of Azerbaijan (1991-present)

Country in the Caucasus

Location: South Caucasus

Capital City: Baku (1918, 1918-present), Ganja (1918)

Government type: Republic

Main languages: Azerbaijani

Main religions: Shia Islam

Chronology

1918: Azerbaiajan separates from Transcaucasian Democratic Republic

1920: Bolshevik takeover, Soviet Republic established

1922: Part of Transcaucasian Soviet Republic

1991: Independence from the Soviet Union

Currency

First Manat (1919-1923)

Second Manat (1992-2006)

1 Manat = 100 Qapiks

Third Manat (2006-present)

1 Manat = 100 Qapiks

Coins from Azerbaijan in the collection

Second Republic (1991-present)

•3 Qapik, 2006 (copper-plated steel, Vienna mint, KM#40)

•10 Qapik, 2006 (brass-plated steel, Vienna mint, KM#42)

Banknotes from Azerbaijan in the collection

Second Republic (1991-present)

•50 Manat, 1999 (P#17)