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100 Lira
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey |
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| Year | 1984-1988 |
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| Currency | Old lira (1923-2005) |
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| Reverse description | Large bold denomination numeral '100' dominates the central field, with the word 'LİRA' inscribed immediately below and the date of issue at the bottom. A Turkish crescent-and-star symbol is positioned at the top of the field. The denomination is framed on either side by symmetrical sprays composed of wheat ears to the left and an olive branch to the right, forming a decorative wreath that encloses the central design elements. |
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| Reverse lettering | ☪ 100 LİRA 1987 |
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Turkey's 100 Lira coin arrived as the country was still absorbing the economic shocks that followed the 1980 military coup. The junta had handed power back to a civilian government by 1983, but chronic inflation — already accelerating toward the triple-digit rates that would define the late 1980s — was quietly eroding the denomination's usefulness almost from the moment of issue. By the time production ended in 1988, 100 Lira bought roughly what a fraction of that figure had purchased just a few years prior.
The nickel-brass alloy was a cost-conscious reformulation common to Turkish coinage of this transitional period.