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1 Kuruş Asian Lion
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 1 Kuruş |
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| Obverse description | Central design features a wreath composed of wheat spikes and olive branches encircling the denomination and date. The star and crescent symbol, emblem of the Turkish Republic, appears within the composition. The legend TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ (Republic of Turkey) is inscribed in Latin script, with the denomination 1 KURUŞ and the mint year 2022 prominently displayed. The mintmark of the Istanbul Darphane is present in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE 1 KURUŞ 2022 CUMHURİYETİ (Translation: 1 Kuruş 2022 Republic of Turkey) |
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Part of Turkey's "Animals of Asia" bullion and collector series launched in the early 2020s, this issue reflects the Darphane's deliberate push into themed wildlife coinage to compete in an international collector market long dominated by the Royal Mint and Perth Mint. The Asian lion — nearly extinct on the subcontinent, with the last viable wild population confined to India's Gir Forest — gives the coin an oblique conservation angle the Turkish mint has not formally advertised.