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| Issuer | Northern Cyprus |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Reference(s) | X#5 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Additional information |
Northern Cyprus has operated under a unique monetary arrangement since the Turkish military intervention of 1974 — the territory is recognized as a sovereign state only by Turkey, which has complicated every aspect of its financial infrastructure. These coins circulate domestically alongside Turkish Lira, functioning as local small change in a jurisdiction most international bodies treat as legally nonexistent. The X# prefix in standard references signals that this issue falls outside mainstream world coin cataloging, classified among "unofficial" or unrecognized-state issues.