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10 000 Lira
| Issuer | Turkey State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 1994-2001 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 2005 |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ (Translation: Republic of Turkey) |
| Reverse description | Central denomination numeral flanked by a stylised carnation flower (Dianthus caryophyllus) to the right, with a crescent moon and five-pointed star device displayed above. The date of issue appears in the lower exergue. The legend 10 BİN LİRA (10 Thousand Lira) arcs along the upper periphery in Latin script. |
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By the mid-1990s, Turkish inflation had grown so unmanageable that the 10,000 Lira coin — worth roughly a U.S. penny at issue — was already obsolescent before its seven-year run ended. The Central Bank of Turkey's cumulative inflation rate across the 1990s exceeded 1,000%, steadily eroding whatever transactional utility the denomination retained.
The series was ultimately rendered obsolete by the 2005 redenomination, which introduced the New Turkish Lira at a conversion rate of 1,000,000 old Lira to one new unit.