5 Kuruş

5 Kuruş - obverse5 Kuruş - reverse

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Features

Issuer Turkey
Period Republic (1923-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1340-1341 (1924-1925)
Calendar Rumi
Value 5 Kuruş (0.05 TRL)
Currency Old lira (1923-2005)
Composition Aluminium bronze (91% Copper, 9% Aluminium)
Weight 3.92 g
Diameter 22.5 mm
Thickness 1.4 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
8107
References KM# 831,
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# 352.1
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Stalk of wheat encircling legend from right

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
جمهوريتى
توركيه
١٣٤١

Translation:
Republic of Turkey
1341

Engraver: Ahmet Mesrur Durum

Reverse

Star and crescent above branch and legend

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
٥
غروش

Translation: 5 Kuruş

Engraver: Ahmet Mesrur Durum

Edge

Reeded

Comments

After the downfall of the Ottoman Empire and the loss of most outlying territories, the Republic of Turkey was established in 1923. As part of a series of far-reaching reforms intended to modernize the ailing former Empire, President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk abolished the usage of the Arabic alphabet (which was complicated and poorly suited for the unrelated and consonant-heavy Turkish language) and in 1929 a new, Latin-based alphabet was introduced. Because of this short window of time, few coins exist from the Republic of Turkey that still used the archaic Ottoman Turkish (Arabic) alphabet. This is one of them.
This coin is dated according to the Rumi calendar and was issued in 1924 and 1925.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1340 (1924)  5 023 000 $ 4.30 32% ١٣٤٠
1341 (1925)  23 545 000 $ 1.10 $ 2.40 $ 3.40 77% ١٣٤١

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