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1 Lira Murad I
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | New lira (2005-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central brass disc depicting a three-quarter facing portrait bust of Sultan Murad I, bearded and wearing a tall Ottoman turban with broad diagonal striations, rendered in detailed relief against a radiate background. To the left of the portrait in the outer ring a crescent and star device is present, while to the right appears a stylised tughra or seal ornament. The upper legend 'OSMANLI PADİŞAHLARI' arcs along the top of the copper-nickel ring, and the inscription '1326 - 1389 I. MURAD' is placed along the lower arc, recording the sultan's reign dates. |
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The Murad I lira belongs to a broader Turkish commemorative program honoring Ottoman sultans on circulating bimetallic coinage — a series that began in earnest as the Turkish Mint worked to inject historical identity into everyday pocket change. Murad I, who died at Kosovo Polje in 1389, was the first Ottoman ruler to adopt the title Sultan and the first to organize the Janissary corps as a standing infantry force, reshaping what had been a frontier raiding state into a structured empire.
He was killed on the battlefield the day his forces won — the exact circumstances remain disputed by sources.