Catalog
5 Lira large type, crescent to left
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 1974-1979 |
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| Currency | Old lira (1923-2005) |
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| Obverse description | Equestrian effigy of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, shown in left profile astride a rearing horse, rendered in a bold, stylized relief. The rider is depicted in military attire, commanding the mount with reins held firm, the horse's forelegs raised dramatically above a ground line. The circular legend TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ runs along the full periphery of the field. |
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| Mintage | 1974 - - 2,842,000 1975 - - 10,855,000 1976 - - 20,340,000 1977 - - 6,205,000 1978 - - 247,000 1979 - - 6,054,000 |
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Turkey's shift to acmonital for this denomination in the mid-1970s was driven by chronic metal shortages and rampant inflation that made higher-intrinsic-value alloys economically untenable. The "crescent to left" designation distinguishes this from a parallel issue where the crescent orientation differs — a die alignment variation significant enough to warrant separate catalog listings, though both circulated simultaneously without any official distinction.