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50 000 Lira International Olympic Committee
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1994 - Proof - 2,421 |
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Turkey's IOC commemoration was part of a broader wave of Olympic silver issues produced by national mints in the early 1990s, many struck to capitalise on collector demand ahead of the 1996 Atlanta Games. The Turkish State Mint, known as Darphane, had been aggressively expanding its commemorative program during this period as hard currency revenue from foreign collectors became increasingly attractive against a lira experiencing chronic double-digit inflation.
The .925 fineness is slightly below the more common .999 issues of the same period — a deliberate cost decision reflected across several Darphane silver commemoratives of the mid-1990s.