TURKEY 

KM 1137

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge - Lettered Composition Rotation
250.000 lira 23.4 6.4   'TC' seven times dividing reeded sectors Copper-Nickel-Zinc Medal
Obverse Reverse

The inscriptions in Turkish along the rim - 'The Republic of Turkey', in the center - bust of Atatürk.

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881 – Nov. 10, 1938) was the founder of the Republic of Turkey.

Crescent and star, in the center: face value, below - the year of minting.

Coins were introduced in 2001-2 in denominations of  50, 100 and 250 000 lira.