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.
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.