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750 000 Lira FAO
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 750 000 Lira (750 000 TRL) |
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| Obverse lettering | TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ 750.000 LİRA 1996 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Turkey's 1996 FAO coinage was issued as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's long-running commemorative program, which recruited member nations to mint coins carrying agricultural themes as a form of soft diplomacy and public awareness. By 1996, Turkish inflation had become so severe that 750,000 lira — the face value stamped on this coin — was worth roughly one U.S. dollar. The denomination was not symbolic; it was simply what the math required.
KM#1048.2 designates the variant within a paired issue, distinguished from KM#1048.1 by edge treatment.