Items from Turkey

The Republic of Turkey is a country in Europe and Asia. A small part is located on the southeastern tip of the Balkans bordering Bulgaria and Greece, and the main part in Anatolia bordering the Transcaucasian countries Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan (through the exclave of Nakhichevan) to the northeast, Iran to the east and the Levantine countries of Iraq and Syria to the southeast. Turkey has a population of almost 80 million, with an 80% majority of Turks next to Kurdish, Armenian, Greek, Assyrian, Jewish and Circassian minorities. Read more

External links: Wikidata (Q43), Wikipedia

Predecessor: Ottoman Empire

See also: Ottoman Empire, Byzantine Empire, County of Edessa

• Old lira (1923-2005)
• New lira (2005-date)
• Euro (2002-date)

Old lira (1923-2005)

100 Kuruş = 1 Lira

10 Para
1940-1942
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Aluminium bronze • 2 g • ⌀ 17 mm
KM# 868, Schön# 394, N# 6393

½ Kuruş
1948
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Brass • 1.7 g • ⌀ 16 mm
KM# 884, Schön# 396, N# 54297

1 Kuruş
1935-1937
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Copper-nickel • 2.5 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
KM# 861, Schön# 366, N# 19701

1 Kuruş
1938-1944
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Copper-nickel • 2.5 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
KM# 867, Schön# 367, N# 7092

1 Kuruş
1947-1951
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Brass • 2.25 g • ⌀ 18 mm
KM# 881, Schön# 397, N# 1331

1 Kuruş
1961-1963
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Brass • 1 g • ⌀ 14 mm
KM# 895, Schön# 404, N# 5195

1 Kuruş
1963-1974
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Bronze • 0.97 g • ⌀ 14.04 mm
KM# 895a, Schön# 404a, N# 1154

1 Kuruş
1975-1977
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Aluminium • 0.4 g • ⌀ 14 mm
KM# 895b, Schön# 404b, N# 7088

1 Kuruş (FAO)
1979
Coins › Non-circulating coins: FAO
Bronze • 1.3 g • ⌀ 14 mm
KM# 924, Schön# 440, N# 41056

1 Kuruş (FAO)
1979
Coins › Non-circulating coins: F.A.O.
Aluminium • 0.4 g • ⌀ 14 mm
KM# 924a, Schön# 440a, N# 28352

2½ Kuruş - Gemlik Sunğipek Fabrikası
ND
Trade tokens › Co-operative tokens
Nickel • 2.38 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
TK# 0835, N# 349319

100 Para
1340-1341 (1924-1925)
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Aluminium bronze • 2 g • ⌀ 18.75 mm
KM# 830, Schön# 351.1, N# 15401

100 Para
1926-1928
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Aluminium bronze • 2 g • ⌀ 18.75 mm
KM# 834, Schön# 351.2, N# 34979

2½ Kuruş
1948-1951
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Brass • 3.15 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 885, Schön# 398, N# 7091

5 Kuruş - Gemlik Sunğipek Fabrikası
ND
Trade tokens › Co-operative tokens
Nickel • 3.55 g • ⌀ 28 mm
TK# 0836, N# 352953

5 Kuruş
1340-1341 (1924-1925)
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Aluminium bronze • 3.92 g • ⌀ 22.5 mm
KM# 831, Schön# 352.1, N# 8107

5 Kuruş
1926-1928
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Aluminium bronze • 4 g • ⌀ 22.5 mm
KM# 835, Schön# 352.2, N# 15861

5 Kuruş
1935-1943
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Copper-nickel • 4 g • ⌀ 21.5 mm
KM# 862, Schön# 368, N# 6702

5 Kuruş
1949-1957
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Brass • 2.25 g • ⌀ 16.3 mm
KM# 887, Schön# 399, N# 1329

5 Kuruş - Bursa Merinos Fabrikası
1953
Trade tokens › Co-operative tokens
Nickel • 3.83 g • ⌀ 21.84 mm
TK# 0801, N# 349317

5 Kuruş
1958-1974
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Bronze • 2.5 g • ⌀ 17 mm
KM# 890.1-890.3, Schön# 405, N# 5196

5 Kuruş (FAO)
1975
Coins › Circulating commemorative coins: FAO - Planned Families (1st edition)
Aluminium • 0.9 g • ⌀ 17 mm
KM# 906, Schön# 425, N# 4757

5 Kuruş
1975-1977
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Aluminium • 0.90 g • ⌀ 17 mm
KM# 890a, Schön# 405c, N# 7086

5 Kuruş (FAO)
1976
Coins › Non-circulating coins: FAO - Education for Village Women
Aluminium • 0.9 g • ⌀ 17 mm
KM# 907, Schön# 426, N# 10032

5 Kuruş (FAO)
1980
Coins › Non-circulating coins: FAO
Bronze • 2.2 g • ⌀ 17 mm
KM# 934, Schön# 451, N# 41057

8 Kuruş - Gemlik Sunğipek Fabrikası
ND
Trade tokens › Co-operative tokens
Nickel • 5.18 g • ⌀ 24.7 mm
TK# 0837, N# 349320

10 Kuruş
1340-1341 (1924-1925)
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Aluminium bronze • 7.6 g • ⌀ 27.3 mm
KM# 832, Schön# 353.1, N# 15313

10 Kuruş
1926-1928
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Aluminium bronze • 7.3 g • ⌀ 27 mm
KM# 836, Schön# 353.2, N# 5489

10 Kuruş
1935-1940
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Copper-nickel • 6 g • ⌀ 25.5 mm
KM# 863, Schön# 369, N# 7089

10 Kuruş
1949-1956
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Brass • 2.6 g • ⌀ 18.1 mm
KM# 888, Schön# 400, N# 1332

10 Kuruş
1958-1974
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Bronze • 4 g • ⌀ 21.3 mm
KM# 891, Schön# 406, N# 5197

10 Kuruş (FAO)
1971-1974
Coins › Circulating commemorative coins: FAO - Agricultural Progress Series
Bronze • 3.5 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 898, Schön# 419, N# 1134

10 Kuruş (FAO)
1975
Coins › Circulating commemorative coins: FAO - Agricultural Progress Series
Aluminium • 1.35 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 898a, Schön# 419b, N# 9615

10 Kuruş
1975-1977
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Aluminium • 1.35 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 891a, Schön# 406c, N# 7087

10 Kuruş (FAO)
1976
Coins › Non-circulating coins: FAO - Education for Village Women
Aluminium • 1.35 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 908, Schön# 427, N# 15291

10 Kuruş (FAO)
1980
Coins › Non-circulating coins: F.A.O.
Bronze • 3.5 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 935, Schön# 445, N# 41058

25 Kuruş (Gold Bullion Coinage)
1923
Coins › Non-circulating coins: Meskuk
Gold (.917) • 1.8041 g • ⌀ 14.5 mm
KM# 851, N# 58695

25 Kuruş
1341 (1925)
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Nickel • 10 g • ⌀ 29.5 mm
KM# 833, Schön# 354.1, N# 34980

25 Kuruş
1926-1928
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Nickel • 10 g • ⌀ 29.5 mm
KM# 837, Schön# 354.2, N# 15314

25 Kuruş
1926-1929
Coins › Non-circulating coins
Gold (.917) • 1.84040 g
KM# 840, N# 85861

25 Kuruş
1935-1937
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Silver (.830) • 3 g • ⌀ 19 mm
KM# 864, Schön# 370, N# 11008

25 Kuruş (Gold Bullion Coinage)
1942-2024
Coins › Non-circulating coins: Ziynet – Death of Kemal Ataturk
Gold (.917) • 1.754 g • ⌀ 18 mm
KM# 870, N# 56980

25 Kuruş
1944-1946
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Nickel brass • 3 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
KM# 880, Schön# 395, N# 7854

25 Kuruş
1948-1956
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Brass • 4.5 g • ⌀ 22.6 mm
KM# 886, Schön# 401, N# 4198

25 Kuruş - Sümerbank Merinos Fabrikası
1951
Trade tokens › Co-operative tokens
Brass • 3.97 g • ⌀ 21.2 mm
TK# 0828, N# 349316

25 Kuruş
1959-1978
Coins › Standard circulation coins
Acmonital • 5 g • ⌀ 22.6 mm
KM# 892, Schön# 407, N# 7888

50 Kuruş
ND
Banknotes › Non-issued banknotes: E2 Emission Group
123 × 55 mm
P# 133, N# 208298

50 Kuruş (Gold Bullion Coinage)
1923
Coins › Non-circulating coins
Gold (.917) • 3.61 g • ⌀ 18 mm
KM# 852, N# 141129

50 Kuruş (Gold Bullion Coinage)
1923
Coins › Non-circulating coins: Meskuk
Gold (.917) • 3.61 g • ⌀ 17.7 mm
KM# 853, N# 139626

50 Kuruş
1926-1929
Coins › Non-circulating coins
Gold (.917) • 3.61 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
KM# 841, N# 438662