TURKEY 

KM 1242

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
25 kurus 20.5 4.0 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 surrounded by Kufi style calligraphic motifs, above - crescent and star, below - the year of minting.

Coin was introduced in 2009.