Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5000 Lira 1984 Summer Olympics Games
| Issuer | Turkey |
|---|---|
| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ 5000 LİRA |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | YAZ OLİMPİYATLARI 1984 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Turkey's 1984 Los Angeles Olympics silver issue was part of a broad licensing program through which the IOC authorized national mints worldwide to produce commemorative coinage — a revenue-sharing arrangement that flooded the market with Olympic silver from dozens of countries simultaneously. Turkish collector coin production in this period was largely export-driven, with the domestic market for high-denomination silver pieces essentially nonexistent given the country's ongoing inflation crisis and the military-overseen transition back to civilian government that concluded with the 1983 elections.