Catalog
5 Kuruş
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 1924-1925 |
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| Weight | 3.92 g |
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| Obverse lettering | جمهوريتى توركيه ١٣٤١ (Translation: Republic of Turkey 1341) |
| Reverse description | The large Arabic-script numeral ٥ (5) is prominently displayed in the left-center field, with the denomination legend غروش (Kuruş) inscribed below in ornate calligraphic script. To the right, a detailed oak branch with lobed leaves and an acorn rises vertically, occupying much of the field. At the top center, the Turkish national symbols of a crescent moon and five-pointed star are depicted in relief. The design is contained within a beaded border along the rim. |
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Turkey's earliest Republican coinage was struck under a government still consolidating power after the War of Independence, with the 1924–1925 issues representing the first standardized decimal coinage of the new state. The Paris Mint produced these pieces, as Turkish minting infrastructure had been gutted by years of continuous warfare since 1912.
The aluminium bronze alloy was a deliberate departure from the debased Ottoman coinage that preceded it — a material statement about monetary stability that the young republic could not yet fully back in practice.