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50 Lira Water - Fountain of Life
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Currency | New lira (2005-date) |
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| Obverse description | At the centre of the obverse, a stylised globe overlaid with radiating sunrays symbolises the threat of global warming, flanked on either side by the Turkish crescent-and-star emblem rendered in outline form. The legend TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ curves along the upper periphery, while the two-line inscription KÜRESEL ISINMA / DÜNYAMIZI TEHDİT EDİYOR ('Global warming threatens our world') is prominently displayed in the central field. Below this, the denomination 50 / TÜRK / LİRASI appears in large characters, with the date 2009 beneath. A crescent-and-star mintmark device is positioned at the base of the field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This piece belongs to Turkey's long-running thematic silver series issued by Darphane, which has used collectible coinage since the 1990s as a vehicle for promoting cultural and environmental themes — partly as a revenue mechanism, partly as soft diplomacy toward UNESCO and EU accession audiences. The water-and-fountain subject ties loosely to broader regional conservation messaging that gained traction in Turkish state communications during the mid-2000s.
Low secondary-market velocity on these issues suggests most were absorbed by domestic collectors at issue price and rarely traded internationally.