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2½ Lira
| Issuer | Northern Cyprus |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Diameter | 29 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | KUZEY KIBRIS TÜRK CUMHURIYETI 20 10 2 1/2 |
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Northern Cyprus has issued its own coinage since 1983, despite being recognized as a sovereign state only by Turkey. These local issues circulate alongside the Turkish lira and exist in a legal grey zone — accepted domestically but effectively worthless outside the territory's borders. The X# prefix in standard references signals exactly that status: coins catalogued outside the main national sequences because their issuing authority lacks broad international recognition.
The 2010 date places this piece well into the euro era for the Republic of Cyprus to the south, a detail that sharpens the political subtext of any Northern Cypriot coinage from this period.