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25 Kuruş
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 2023-2024 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing effigy of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and first President of the Turkish Republic, depicted in a modern portrait style set within a recessed central field framed by a raised inner ring. The circumferential legend TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ (Republic of Turkey) arcs around the rim in Latin script, with the text divided between the upper and lower periphery. |
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| Reverse description | Central field features the Turkish national emblem composed of a crescent and five-pointed star, accompanied by a stylized Kufic calligraphic inscription. The denomination 25 KURUŞ appears below the central motif, and the date of issue is inscribed in the lower field. The design is executed in a clean, modern style with the legends in Latin script. |
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The 25 Kuruş denomination has led a peculiar double life in modern Turkish coinage — officially in circulation yet functionally invisible in daily commerce, rendered irrelevant by sustained inflationary pressure that has made sub-lira values nearly meaningless at the point of sale. The Turkish lira lost roughly 80% of its value against the dollar between 2018 and 2023 alone.
KM#1573 represents a continuation of the post-2009 coinage reform series, itself a response to the 2005 redenomination that dropped six zeros from the old lira.