2.5 Lira Bursa

Part of the Turkish State Mint's long-running "Cities of Anatolia" commemorative series, this piece honors Bursa — the first Ottoman capital, seized from the Byzantines in 1326 under Orhan I. The city held that status for less than three decades before Edirne superseded it, but its role in early Ottoman administrative and religious infrastructure remained outsized for centuries.

The KM#1555 reference places it firmly within a collector-targeted program rather than any circulating monetary function.