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This is a modest collection of second millennium gold coins of Turkey from the early 19th to mid 20th Century

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REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

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100 Kurush - 1336AH/1929AD

KM-842 - 7,22 g - 22 mm

Edge - Reeded

The obverse has a Turkish legend in Arabic script for the republic and the AD date of 1929 within a wreath.   The reverse has a crescent and star with a Turkish legend in Arabic script. The date 23 Nisan 1336 celebrates the establishment of the republic.  This was the last gold coin minted using Arabic script.

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100 Kurush - 1943

KM-854 - 7,22 g - 22 mm

Edge - Reeded

The obverse features the Ismet Inönü (b1884-d1973), military leader and the second president of the Turkish Republic surrounded by a Turkish legend with the issuing city ANKARA below the bust.  The reverse has the country's name TÜRKÏYE CUMHERÏYETÏ and 1923, the date of the foundation of the Republic, and 20, the year since the founding of the Republic, all within a wreath of wheat sheaves.

100 Kurush - 1957

KM-855 - 7,22 g - 22 mm

Edge - Reeded

Mintage - 0.463M

The obverse features the Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (b1881-d1938), the founder and first president of the Turkish Republic surrounded by a Turkish legend with the issuing city ANKARA below the bust.  The reverse has the country's name TÜRKÏYE CUMHERÏYETÏ and 1923, the date of the foundation of the Republic, and 34, the year since the founding of the Republic, all within a wreath of wheat sheaves.

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50 Kurush - 1961

KM-853 - 3,61 g - 18 mm

Edge - Reeded

Mintage - 0.463M

The obverse features the Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (b1881-d1938), the founder and first president of the Turkish Republic surrounded by a Turkish legend with the issuing city ANKARA below the bust.  The reverse has the country's name TÜRKÏYE CUMHERÏYETÏ and 1923, the date of the foundation of the Republic, and 39, the year since the founding of the Republic, all within a wreath of wheat sheaves.

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