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20 000 Lira Environmental Protection
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central denomination '20.000 LİRA' displayed in two lines within an open wreath composed of wheat stalks on the left and olive branches on the right, tied at the base. The Turkish crescent and star emblem appears at the top of the wreath in the upper field. The circular legend 'TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ' runs along the periphery, divided between the left and right sides of the coin. The mint mark appears in the lower central field below the denomination. |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ 20.000 LİRA |
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Turkey's 1988 environmental series was part of a broader wave of thematic silver issues produced by state mints worldwide following the 1972 Stockholm Conference and its slow institutional aftermath. The Darphane had been increasingly active in the collector market through the 1980s, producing proof and proof-like issues largely for export rather than domestic circulation — few of these coins ever moved through Turkish hands in trade.
KM#998 is among the less frequently encountered pieces from this run, with mintages kept deliberately low to sustain secondary market premiums.