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10 Kuruş FAO
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Two crossed wheat ears with prominent awns dominate the central field, their stems intersecting diagonally in a stylized agricultural motif consistent with FAO coinage iconography. The denomination '10' appears in large numerals to the lower left, with 'KURUŞ' inscribed below. The date '1976' is positioned to the lower right of the wheat stalks, all within a plain round flan with smooth edge. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 KURUŞ 1976 |
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Issued as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization coin program, which ran through the 1970s and recruited dozens of countries to mint agricultural-themed pieces intended to raise awareness of global food production. Turkey's participation produced several FAO issues across this period. These coins saw genuine circulation rather than existing purely as collector items, which the aluminum composition — cheap, lightweight, practical — was specifically chosen to facilitate.