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5 Lira large type, crescent to left
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 1974-1979 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#905, Schön#411 |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ (Translation: Republic of Turkey) |
| Reverse description | Denomination numeral '5' and the inscription 'LİRA' displayed prominently in the center of the field, with the date below, all enclosed within an open wreath composed of wheat ears to the left and olive branches to the right, tied at the base. A crescent moon opening to the left, accompanied by a five-pointed star to its left, appears above the wreath at the top of the field, forming the Turkish national emblem. |
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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.