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500 000 Lira Piri Reis
| Issuer | Turkish State Mint (Darphane) |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Weight | 7.22 g |
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| Obverse description | Central denomination '500.000 LiRA' inscribed within a decorative wreath composed of wheat stalks and a laurel branch. A star and crescent device appears at the top of the wreath. The encircling legend reads 'TURKiYE CUMHURiYETi' along the upper periphery and '1995' at the base, all rendered in Latin script within a polished field. |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ 500.000 LİRA 1995 |
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Piri Reis completed his famous world map — the Kitab-ı Bahriye — in 1513, drawing on sources that included, by his own account, a map used by Columbus. The 1995 coin commemorates the 500th anniversary of that claim, though scholars still debate whether the Antarctic coastline on the Piri Reis map represents genuine pre-Columbian knowledge or a later interpolation. The Ottoman admiral was executed in 1553, likely for refusing to continue a Persian Gulf campaign after the fall of Muscat.