TURKEY 

KM 1027.2

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
 10.000 lira 24.0 6.75 2.0 'TC' six times between reeded sections Copper-Nickel-Zinc Coin
Obverse Reverse

The inscriptions in Turkish along the rim on the upper arch - "The Republic of Turkey", in the center - head of Ataturk left.

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881 – November 10, 1938) was an army officer, revolutionary statesman, the founder of the Republic of Turkey and its first president.

In the center - denomination, carnation flower, above -star and crescent, below - the year of minting.

In 1994, with inflation gaining pace, 10.000 lira coins was introduced.