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50 Lira Göbekli Tepe
| Issuer | Turkey Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Göbekli Tepe was largely dismissed as a medieval cemetery when German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt first surveyed it in 1994. Subsequent excavation revealed something far more disruptive: a complex of carved limestone pillars dated to approximately 9600 BCE, predating Stonehenge by six millennia and forcing a reassessment of when organized human construction — and by extension, social complexity — actually began.
Turkey's Central Bank issued this coin four years before UNESCO added the site to its World Heritage list. Schmidt himself died in 2014 with only a fraction of the estimated 200+ enclosures excavated.