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2 500 000 Lira 10 Euro
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Turkish State Mint (Darphane), Istanbul, Turkey (1926-date) |
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This piece straddles one of the more chaotic monetary episodes in modern Turkish history. By 1998, cumulative inflation had so thoroughly eroded the lira that the face value printed on this coin — 2,500,000 — reflected the grotesque denomination creep that would eventually force a complete redenomination in 2005, when six zeros were stripped from the currency wholesale. The dual lira/euro denomination was part of Turkey's broader effort during that period to signal alignment with European monetary norms, coinciding with active EU accession negotiations.
KM#1084 was struck as a collector issue, never intended for circulation.