Turkey 1970 2-1/2 lira

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is the first coin issued by Turkey as part of the F.A.O. series. Previous 2½ lira coins (KM 893.1, struck 1960-68, and KM 893.2, issued 1969-80) featured an Anatolian peasant sowing grain. Turkey issued an elaborate series of F.A.O. coins, including this gold issue from 1978. The obverse features Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, driving Turkey's first tractor in the early 1920's.

Recorded mintage: 200,000.

Specification: 9 g, stainless steel, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 896.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1960 2½ lira
• 1964 250 kurush
• 1923(47) 500 kuruş, Kemal Ataturk
• 1923(48) 250 kuruş
• 1973 500 lira, on the 50th anniversary of the republic
• 1977 50 lira F.A.O.
• 1978 1000 lira
• Coins and currency dated 1970
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