500 Kuruş

Features

Issuer Turkey
Period Republic (1923-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Years 1925-1929
Value 500 Kuruş
5 TRL = USD 0.0000018
Currency Old lira (1923-2005)
Composition Gold (.917)
Weight 36.08 g
Diameter 34.4 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Number
N#
88868
References KM# 839
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.

Obverse

Star above inscription and date inside crescent

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
انقَرَه
٢٣ نيسان
١٣٣٦

Translation:
Ankara
23 April
1336

Reverse

Inscription and date within wreath

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
جمهوريتى
توركيه
١٩٢٧

Translation:
Republic of Turkey
1927

Comments

On the day of the opening session of the Grand National Assembly on October 26, 1925, Kemal Atatürk gave each of the 226 representatives a piece of this coin, hence the mintage of 226.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1925  226 ١٩٢٥
1926  2 268 ١٩٢٦
1927  4 011 ١٩٢٧
1928  375 ١٩٢٨
1929  ١٩٢٩

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