TURKEY
KM 1240 |
SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
Face Value | Diameter mm | Weight g | Thickness mm | Edge | Composition | Rotation |
5 kurus | 17.5 | 2.90 | 1.65 | Plain | Copper-Nickel-Zinc | Medal |
Obverse | Reverse | ||
The inscriptions in Turkish along the rim - 'The Republic of Turkey', in the center -head of Atatürk left. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881 – Nov. 10, 1938) was an army officer, revolutionary statesman, the founder of the Republic of Turkey and its first president. |
In the center: face value, above - crescent and star, on the right -Tree of Life motif, below - the year of minting. Coin was introduced in 2009. |