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20 000 Lira World Cup
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Weight | 23.32 g |
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| Obverse description | The denomination '20.000 LİRA' is inscribed in two lines at the centre of the field, enclosed within a wreath composed of olive branches to the right and wheat ears to the left. The Turkish crescent and star device appears at the top of the wreath. The legend 'TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ' is inscribed around the upper rim, and a small mint mark appears below the wreath at the base. |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ 20.000 LİRA |
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Turkey hosted no matches and fielded no team in the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy — the issue was purely commercial, part of a wave of silver commemoratives produced by mints worldwide capitalizing on the tournament's licensing. The Turkish lira was in severe inflationary decline by 1990, making a 20,000-lira face value essentially nominal even at issue.