1 Lira Murad I

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.