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150 000 000 Lira Visit of President Clinton
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Weight | 41 g |
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| Obverse description | Central gold field bearing the stylised monogram of the Republic of Turkey (TC cipher) accompanied by an abstract decorative device, all struck within a raised border separating the bimetallic centre from the silver outer ring. The upper arc of the ring carries the legend TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ flanked by crescent-and-star devices, while the lower arc bears the denomination 150 MİLYON LİRA and the date 2000 in the field below the central device. |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ 2000 150 MİLYON LİRA |
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Clinton's November 1999 visit to Turkey was the first by a sitting U.S. president in nearly fifty years, arriving weeks after the catastrophic Marmara earthquake that killed over seventeen thousand people. The timing made the trip diplomatically delicate — part condolence call, part strategic reinforcement of Turkey's NATO role amid ongoing tensions with Greece and the Kurdish conflict. Commemorative issues tied to state visits are rarely struck in bimetallic gold-and-silver format; this combination signals an unusually elevated protocol classification from the Turkish State Mint.