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20 000 000 Lira Besiktas Gymnastics Club
| Issuer | Turkey State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Value | 20 000 000 Lira (20 000 000 TRL) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a prominent oxidized eagle with wings fully spread, talons gripping the heraldic shield of Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü, which bears the initials 'BJK', a crescent and star, and the club's founding year '1903'. To the left of the central device, the club's name 'BEŞİKTAŞ JİMNASTİK KULÜBÜ' is inscribed in three lines within the field. The curved legend 'SPORDA YÜZYIL' arcs prominently along the lower border, with the date '2003' positioned at the lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | BEŞİKTAŞ JİMNASTİK KULÜBÜ / SPORDA YÜZYIL / BJK / 1903 / 2003 |
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Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü — the full legal name of the Istanbul club better known for football — was founded in 1903, making 2003 its centennial year. Turkey's State Mint issued a series of commemorative silver coins marking the centenaries of several major Turkish sports clubs that year, a project that coincided with a period of aggressive monetary denomination reform: the lira was so debased by this point that the face value of 20,000,000 lira represented roughly twelve US dollars at the time of issue.
The following year, Turkey redenominated entirely, replacing 1,000,000 old lira with a single New Turkish Lira — making this one of the last coin series issued under the old denomination structure.