50 Kuruş FAO

50 Kuruş (FAO) - obverse50 Kuruş (FAO) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Turkey
Period Republic (1923-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1979
Value 50 Kuruş (0.50 TRL)
Currency Old lira (1923-2005)
Composition Acmonital (79.15-80.65% Iron, 0.14% Carbon, 17.5-19% Chromium, 0.50% Magnesium, 1.15% Silicon, 0.03% Sulfur, 0.03 Phosphorus)
Weight 6 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 1.55 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
14220
References KM# 925,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Schön# 420
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

FAO - Agricultural Progress Series

Obverse

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk driving a tractor

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ - SABAN KILIÇTAN ÜSTÜNDÜR
ATATÜRK

Translation: Republic uf Türkiye, Plow is mightier than a sword

Engraver: İ. Avni Kumuk

Reverse

Value and date within wreath, crescent moon and star above

Script: Latin

Lettering:
50 KURUS
1979

Edge

Reeded

50 Kuruş (FAO) -  obverse

© Marcin Łysik

Mint

Turkish State Mint (Darphane), Istanbul, Turkey

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1979  10 000 $ 3.80

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