Turkey 1978 1000 lira

Heritage sale 3004, lot 22802

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 22802 in Heritage sale 3004 (New York, January 2009), where it sold for $1,035. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Republic gold 1000 Lira 1978, Proof 67 NGC, FAO issue, only 650 minted. Very scarce type featuring an Anatolian bride on the obverse." The F.A.O. issue also extended to a ten kurus (KM 925, bronze), fifty kurus (KM 936, stainless steel) and a five lira (KM 928, stainless steel). There may be others but the SCWC does not give pictures for all of them, including this one.

Recorded mintage: 650.

Specification: 16 g, 0.917 fine gold, .471 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-224 (formerly Fr-114), KM 922.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3004: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2008.

Links to:

• 1964 250 kurush "monnaie de luxe"
• 1970 2½ lira
• 1978 500 lira F.A.O.
• 1978 500 lira, Death of Rumi
• 1978 1000 lira, death of Rumi
• 1979 150 lira, Anatolian bride
• 1979 500 lira, Anatolian bride
• 1979 500 lira, Year of the Child
• Coins and currency dated 1978
• return to coins of Turkey