TURKEY
    Extremely ancient civilization in the Asian part of this country.  Neolithic settlements, stone buildings, mathematics, possibly writing nine thousand years old.  Earliest struck coins come from Lydia on the Anatolian coast.

TURKEY, Mustafa III, 1757-74, 1171 AH, silver 10 para, K306, (11)85 AH (1772), mount mark, F $26.00 sold 11/7/2007
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TURKEY, Mustafa III, 1757-74, 1171 AH, silver 1 kurus, K321, (11)81 AH (1769), some crude tooling of obv field, VF $38.00 sold 11/7/2007
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TURKEY, Mahmud II, 1808-39, gold 1/4 cedid mahmudiye K644 1223 AH year 30 (1837) AU $95.00 sold 12/18/2009
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272-317. TURKEY, Abdul Mejid, 1839-61, silver 20 kurus K676 1255 AH year 17 (1855) edge nick, XF $85.00 sold
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TURKEY, Abdul Mejid, 1839-61, gold 100 kurus K679 1255 AH year 17 (1855) small cud, VF $190.00 sold 11/8/2007
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TURKEY, Abdul Mejid, 1839-61, gold 100 kurus K679 1255 AH year 18 (1856) VF $190.00 sold 11/8/2007
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TURKEY, Abdul Mejid, 1839-61, gold 100 kurus K679 1255 AH year 18 (1856) aXF $190.00 sold 12/9/2007
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TURKEY, Mehmet V, 1909-18, 2 kurus K749 1327 AH year 2 (1910), choice Unc $55.00 sold 12/9/2007
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TURKEY, Mehmet V, 1909-18, 2 kurus K749 1327 AH year 3 (1911), toned AU-Unc $25.00
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TURKEY, Mehmet V, 1909-18, 2 kurus K749 1327 AH year 6/2 (1914), Unc $45.00
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TURKEY, REPUBLIC, gold 25 kurus, K851, 1923 year 39 (1962), light marks, XF-AU $62.00 sold 6/7/2009
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TURKEY, REPUBLIC, gold 50 kurus, K852 1923 year 39 (1962), Unc $96.00 sold 11/6/2008
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TURKEY, REPUBLIC, silver 750,000 lira, K1052, 1998, Mulla Nasiruddin, proof $56.78 sold
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TURKEY, REPUBLIC, bimetallic 1 million lira K1139.2? 2004 January 08, Unc $8.50
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Struck by a coin operated machine at the mint museum and bearing the date of issue.  Supposedly there was a mintage of 500 maximum per day.  Day dated coins have been made at other times and in other places, but the practice is rare.  In 2005 Turkey dumped the inflated lira and issued a new one tied to the USA dollar.
 
 




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