Turkey 1979 500 lira KM-931

Heritage sale 3073, lot 33791

This specimen was lot 33791 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Republic silver Proof Piefort 'Year of the Child' 500 Lira 1979 PR67 Ultra Cameo NGC. Children perform a line dance in the foreground, while a tower-filled city-view resides in the distance on this popular double-thick issue. A very rare type seldom offered at auction, with a near-flawless Proof contrast." The piefort is rare, the regular issue is common. Another 500 lira was issued in 1979 (KM 930) in honor of the F.A.O.

Recorded mintage: 10,000 proofs plus 2,500 pieforts.

Specification: 23.33 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 14 (regular issue), KM-P1 (piefort).

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019

Link to:

• 1978 500 lira, F.A.O.
• 1978 1000 lira, death of Rumi
• 1978 1000 lira, F.A.O.
• 1979 150 lira, Anatolian bride
• 1979 500 lira, Anatolian bride
• 1979 10,000 lira, Year of the Child
• 1984 500 lira, World Fisheries Conference
• Coins and currency dated 1979
• return to coins of Turkey