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5 Lira 23rd Universiade
| Issuer | Turkey State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Diameter | 32 mm |
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| Obverse description | Within the brass centre, a stylized bird in flight is depicted in high relief, rendered in a bold, modernist artistic style with rounded, abstracted forms suggestive of an athlete in motion. The copper-nickel outer ring carries the legend TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ arching along the upper periphery and 5 YENİ TÜRK LİRASI along the lower periphery, all in incuse Latin lettering. |
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| Reverse description | The brass centre displays the official logo of the 23rd Summer Universiade, rendered as a large stylized letter 'U' in high relief, its interior incorporating a map outline evoking the host city of İzmir. The copper-nickel outer ring bears bilingual inscriptions in Latin script: the upper arc reads '23. UNIVERSIADE 2005 İZMİR TÜRKİYE' in Turkish, and the lower arc reads '23th UNIVERSIADE 2005 İZMİR' in English, separated by raised bullet points. |
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| Mintage | 2005 - - 10,000 |
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