Catalog
50 Kuruş
| Issuer | Turkey |
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| Year | 1935-1937 |
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| Value | 50 Kuruş (0.50 TRL) |
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| Reverse description | A single upright wheat spike occupies the centre of the field, its stem dividing the date placed in the lower portion of the design, with the numeral to the left and the year digits to either side of the stalk. The denomination numeral '50' appears to the left of the spike and the inscription 'KURUS' to the right, all in bold Latin lettering. The design evokes agricultural prosperity and is enclosed by a continuous milled border matching the obverse. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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These coins were struck in the early years of the Turkish Republic under Atatürk's sweeping modernization program, which included wholesale replacement of Ottoman monetary conventions. The .830 silver standard used here was a deliberate departure from Ottoman-era fineness, chosen to align Turkish coinage more closely with contemporary European practice.
Production ran only three years before the type was discontinued — part of a broader pattern of frequent design and specification changes throughout the 1930s as the young republic experimented with its monetary identity.