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1500 Lira FAO
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 1981-1982 |
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| Diameter | 30 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a stylized depiction of two grazing deer rendered in a linear, modernist artistic style, their elongated necks reaching upward toward a leafy olive branch. To the upper left, the legend '16 EKiM' (16 October, World Food Day) curves along the upper field. The FAO 'World Food Day' emblem appears to the right of centre. Along the lower periphery, the Turkish inscription 'DÜNYA BESiN GÜNÜ' (World Food Day) is rendered in bold raised lettering. |
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| Mintage | 1981 - - 9,418 1982 - - 2,082 |
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Turkey's FAO coinage of the early 1980s was issued during one of the country's most turbulent political periods — the September 1980 military coup had dissolved parliament and suspended the constitution just months before this series entered production. The FAO program, a United Nations initiative encouraging member states to mint coins promoting food and agricultural development, gave the military-led government a convenient avenue for internationally respectable currency issues while civilian institutions remained suspended.
The two-year emission span across 1981–1982 reflects production continuity under the National Security Council's interim administration.