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5 000 000 Lira 23 of April - Children's Day
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Weight | 67 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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April 23rd in Turkey is simultaneously National Sovereignty Day and Children's Day — a pairing dating to Atatürk's deliberate choice to dedicate the inaugural session of the Grand National Assembly in 1920 to the nation's children. The holiday later became an international event, with UNICEF involvement spreading it to dozens of countries in the 1970s and 80s.
At 67 grams in silver-plated bronze, this is an unambiguously commemorative piece — no circulation pretense. The 5,000,000 lira face value reflects Turkey's late-period chronic inflation before the 2005 redenomination stripped six zeros from the currency entirely.