TURKEY
KM 1241 |
SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
Face Value | Diameter mm | Weight g | Thickness mm | Edge | Composition | Rotation |
10 kurus | 18.5 | 3.15 | 1.65 | Reeded | 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 superposed on a Rumi motif, above - crescent and star, below - the year of minting. The 'Rumi', one of the leading motifs of the Turkish decorative arts. Coin was introduced in 2009. |