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20 Lira Ahmed III
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Currency | New lira (2005-date) |
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| Reverse description | Front-facing portrait bust of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III (r. 1703–1730), bearded and wearing a large ceremonial Ottoman turban adorned with a feathered aigrette. The effigy occupies the central field in high relief against a plain background, with a stylized tulip motif in the lower left field, referencing the Tulip Era associated with Ahmed III's reign. The upper legend reads 'OSMANLI PADİŞAHLARI' and the lower legend reads '1673 - 1736 III. AHMED', both in Latin script within the raised border. |
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| Mintage | 2025 - Proof - 3,000 |
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Ahmed III ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1703 to 1730, a period now called the Tulip Era — an interlude of deliberate Westernization, architectural patronage, and the first Ottoman printing press, established in Istanbul in 1727. His reign ended not in battle but in a palace coup led by Patrona Halil, a former Albanian janissary turned street trader, whose popular revolt forced Ahmed's abdication within days.
The Darphane has issued a running series of historical Ottoman sultan commemoratives in this format; Ahmed III's association with the press made him a predictable but defensible inclusion.